KJV King James Version
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Samuel 8:15
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.
WEB World English Bible
He will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
ASV American Standard Version
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And your seed and your vineyards he doth tithe, and hath given to his eunuchs, and to his servants.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 8
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.
17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18 And 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.
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Genesis 37:36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, [and] captain of the guard.Daniel 1:3And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring [certain] of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes;Daniel 1:18Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.Isaiah 39:7And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.Daniel 1:7-10Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel [the name] of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.
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