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New Revised Standard
1 Samuel 8:17
He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and you shall be 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.
Berean 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.
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.
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
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, 5 and said to him, "You are old and your sons do not follow in your ways; appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, like other nations." 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to govern us." Samuel prayed to the Lord , 7 and the Lord said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them. 8 Just as they have done to me, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so also they are doing to you. 9 Now then, listen to their voice; only—you shall solemnly warn them, and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them." 10 So Samuel reported all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. 11 He said, "These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen, and to run before his chariots; 12 and he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots. 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers and 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
God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."
God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."
Genesis 8:13
In the six hundred first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and saw that the face of the ground was drying.
In the six hundred first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and saw that the face of the ground was drying.
Genesis 8:14
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
Genesis 8:15
Then God said to Noah,
Then God said to Noah,
Genesis 9:1
God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
Genesis 9:7
And you, be fruitful and multiply, abound on the earth and multiply in it."
And you, be fruitful and multiply, abound on the earth and multiply in it."
Psalms 107:38
By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he does not let their cattle decrease.
By his blessing they multiply greatly, and he does not let their cattle decrease.
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.
