1 Samuel
King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 8:16
“And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.”
King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 8:16 Context
13And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. 14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. 15And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. 16And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. 17He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. 18And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. 19Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
"And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work." 1 Samuel 8:16 KJV Similar Verses Save
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Translation Details for 1 Samuel 8:16
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
Other Translations for 1 Samuel 8:16
Bible Commentary for 1 Samuel 8:16
Wesley's Notes for 1 Samuel 8:16
8:16 Will take - By constraint, and without sufficient recompense.
And hee will take your men seruants, and your mayd seruants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his worke.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"He will also take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and use {them} for his work.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
- American Standard Version (1901)
He will take your men-servants and your servant-girls, and the best of your oxen and your asses and put them to his work.
- Basic English Bible
And he will take your bondmen, and your bondwomen, and your comeliest young men, and your asses, and use them for his work.
- Darby Bible
And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your most choice young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
- Webster's Bible
He will take your male servants, and your female servants, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.
- World English Bible
And your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your young men -- the best, and your asses, he doth take, and hath prepared for his own work;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible