1 Samuel 8:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.”
1 Samuel 8:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 8:16 in 6 Bible Translations
Read 1 Samuel 8:16 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
1 Samuel 8:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and assign them to his own work.”
1 Samuel 8:16 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 8:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.”
1 Samuel 8:16 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 8:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your young men--the best, and your asses, he doth take, and hath prepared for his own work;”
1 Samuel 8:16 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 8:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he will take your bondmen, and your bondwomen, and your comeliest young men, and your asses, and use them for his work.”
1 Samuel 8:16 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 8:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And he will take your men seruants, and your maide seruants, and the chiefe of your yong men, and your asses, and put them to his worke.”
1 Samuel 8:16 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 8:16 in Context — 1 Samuel 8
14 Asimismo tomará vuestras tierras, vuestras viñas, y vuestros buenos olivares, y los dará á sus siervos.
15 El diezmará vuestras simientes y vuestras viñas, para dar á sus eunucos y á sus siervos.
16 El tomará vuestros siervos, y vuestras siervas, y vuestros buenos mancebos, y vuestros asnos, y con ellos hará sus obras.
17 Diezmará también vuestro rebaño, y seréis sus siervos.
18 Y clamaréis aquel día á causa de vuestro rey que os habréis elegido, mas Jehová no os oirá en aquel día.
What Does 1 Samuel 8:16 Mean?
1 Samuel 8:16 is a verse from the Book of 1 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Samuel chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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