KJV King James Version
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
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1 Samuel 8:17
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
WEB World English Bible
He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his servants.
ASV American Standard Version
He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 8
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.
19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
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