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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible
1 Samuel 8:17
He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
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Christian Standard Bible®
He can take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves can become his servants.
He can take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves can become his servants.
Hebrew Names Version
He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his servants.
He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his servants.
King James Version
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
Lexham English Bible
He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants.
He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants.
English Standard Version
He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.
He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.
New Century Version
He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
New English Translation
He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will be his servants.
He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will be his servants.
Amplified Bible
"He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves shall be his servants.
"He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves shall be his servants.
New American Standard Bible
"He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants.
"He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He will take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants.
He will take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants.
Legacy Standard Bible
He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
Contemporary English Version
He will also take a tenth of your sheep and goats. You will become the king's slaves,
He will also take a tenth of your sheep and goats. You will become the king's slaves,
Complete Jewish Bible
He will take the ten-percent tax of your flocks, and you will become his servants.
He will take the ten-percent tax of your flocks, and you will become his servants.
Darby Translation
He will take the tenth of your sheep. And ye shall be his servants.
He will take the tenth of your sheep. And ye shall be his servants.
Easy-to-Read Version
He will take one-tenth of your flocks. "And you yourselves will become slaves of this king.
He will take one-tenth of your flocks. "And you yourselves will become slaves of this king.
George Lamsa Translation
He will take the tenth of your sheep; and you shall be his servants.
He will take the tenth of your sheep; and you shall be his servants.
Good News Translation
He will take a tenth of your flocks. And you yourselves will become his slaves.
He will take a tenth of your flocks. And you yourselves will become his slaves.
Literal Translation
He will tithe your flock, and you will be servants to him.
He will tithe your flock, and you will be servants to him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of youre flockes shal he take the Tithes, and ye shal be his seruautes.
Of youre flockes shal he take the Tithes, and ye shal be his seruautes.
American Standard Version
He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.
He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.
Bible in Basic English
He will take a tenth of your sheep: and you will be his servants.
He will take a tenth of your sheep: and you will be his servants.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he shall take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruauntes.
And he shall take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruauntes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He will take the tenth of your flocks; and ye shall be his servants.
He will take the tenth of your flocks; and ye shall be his servants.
King James Version (1611)
Hee will take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants.
Hee will take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he will tithe your flocks; and ye shall be his servants.
And he will tithe your flocks; and ye shall be his servants.
English Revised Version
He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.
He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also he schal take the tenthe part of youre flockis, and ye schulen be `seruauntis to hym.
Also he schal take the tenthe part of youre flockis, and ye schulen be `seruauntis to hym.
Young's Literal Translation
your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants.
your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants.
Update Bible Version
He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his slaves.
He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his slaves.
Webster's Bible Translation
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye will be his servants.
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye will be his servants.
World English Bible
He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his servants.
He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his servants.
New King James Version
He will take a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants.
He will take a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants.
New Living Translation
He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you will be his slaves.
He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you will be his slaves.
New Life Bible
He will take a tenth part of your flocks, and you yourselves will be made to work for him.
He will take a tenth part of your flocks, and you yourselves will be made to work for him.
New Revised Standard
He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.
He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Your flocks, will he tithe, - and, ye yourselves, shall become his servants.
Your flocks, will he tithe, - and, ye yourselves, shall become his servants.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Your flocks also he will tithe, and you shall be his servants.
Your flocks also he will tithe, and you shall be his servants.
Revised Standard Version
He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.
He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants.
"He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants.
Contextual Overview
4So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. 5"Look," they said, "you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations." 6But when they said, "Give us a king to judge us," their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD. 7And the LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king. 8They are doing to you just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods. 9Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them." 10So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king. 11He said, "This will be the manner of the king who will rule over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots. 12He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, to make his weapons of war, and to equip his chariots. 13And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 7:16 - he went 1 Samuel 17:8 - servants to Saul Hebrews 7:2 - a tenth
Cross-References
Genesis 1:22
Then God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
Then God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth."
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth."
Genesis 8:13
In Noah's six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the water had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
In Noah's six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the water had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
Genesis 8:14
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.
Genesis 8:15
Then God said to Noah,
Then God said to Noah,
Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
Genesis 9:7
But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it."
But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it."
Psalms 107:38
He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He will take the tenth of your sheep,.... As well as of their seed and vineyards; and not the tithe of their flocks only, but of their herds also, which are here included, as Kimchi observes:
and ye shall be his servants: made slaves of by him, even as the Canaanitish servants were, according to Abarbinel; though others interpret it more mildly of their being obliged to pay tribute and taxes, for the support of his government.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See illustrations in marginal references; 1 Kings 5:13-18; 1 Kings 12:4.
