Scripture · Old Testament

1 Samuel 8:16

1 Samuel 8:16 is verse 16 of 1 Samuel chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.

LXX; Hebrew your best young men

And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

He will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and assign them to his own work.

1 Samuel 8:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.

15 He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.

16 And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.

17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

18 When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”

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