KJV King James Version
And he will take your daughters [to be] confectionaries, and [to be] cooks, and [to be] bakers.
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1 Samuel 8:13
And he will take your daughters [to be] confectionaries, and [to be] cooks, and [to be] bakers.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers.
WEB World English Bible
He will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
ASV American Standard Version
And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And your daughters he doth take for perfumers, and for cooks, and for bakers;
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 8
10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint [them] for himself, for his chariots, and [to be] his horsemen; and [some] shall run before his chariots.
12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and [will set them] to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
13 And he will take your daughters [to be] confectionaries, and [to be] cooks, and [to be] bakers.
14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, [even] the best [of them], and give [them] to his servants.
15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put [them] to his work.
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