Verse 16
1 Samuel 8:16
King James Version
16
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put
them to his work.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אֶת עַבְדֵי/כֶם֩ וְֽ/אֶת שִׁפְח֨וֹתֵי/כֶ֜ם וְ/אֶת בַּחוּרֵי/כֶ֧ם הַ/טּוֹבִ֛ים וְ/אֶת חֲמוֹרֵי/כֶ֖ם יִקָּ֑ח וְ/עָשָׂ֖ה לִ/מְלַאכְתּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And he will take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and will make them work for his service.
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Chapter 8 Context
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And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
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Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah:
they were judges in Beer-...
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And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted ju...
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Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
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And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to ju...
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But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto...
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And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee:...
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8
According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt ev...
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Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the ma...
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10
And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
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11
And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons,...
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12
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and
will set them to ear...
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13
And he will take your daughters
to be confectionaries, and
to be cooks, and
to be bakers.
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14
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards,
even the best
of them, and gi...
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15
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his...
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16
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your ass...
17
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
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18
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD w...
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19
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a...
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20
That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and...
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21
And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
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And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto th...
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