1 Samuel 8 · Verse 14

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.
1 Samuel 8:14, King James Version

1 Samuel 8:14 in other translations

BSBHe will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.
WEBHe will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even your best, and give them to his servants.
ASVAnd he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
YLTand your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards--the best--he doth take, and hath given to his servants.
DARBYAnd your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, the best, will he take and give to his servants.
BBEHe will take your fields and your vine-gardens and your olive-gardens, all the best of them, and give them to his servants.
WebsterAnd he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

What does 1 Samuel 8:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 8:14-18
14-18. he will take your fields, &c.--The circumstances mentioned here might be illustrated by exact analogies in the conduct of many Oriental monarchs in the present day.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 8:10-22

If they would have a king to rule them, as the eastern kings ruled their subjects, they would find the yoke exceedingly heavy. Those that submit to the government of the world and the flesh, are told plainly, what hard masters they are, and what tyranny the dominion of sin is. The law of God and the manner of men widely differ from each other; the former should be our rule in the several relations of life; the…

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1 Samuel 8:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֶת\־ve.'e.tS-and <obj.>H853
שְׂ֠דֽוֹתֵיכֶםSe.Do.tei.khemfields yourH7704
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כַּרְמֵיכֶ֧םkar.mei.Khemvineyards yourH3754
וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֛םve.zei.tei.Khemand olive groves yourH2132
הַטּוֹבִ֖יםha.to.Vim<the> goodH2896
יִקָּ֑חyi.Kachhe will takeH3947
וְנָתַ֖ןve.na.Tanand he will give [them]H5414
לַעֲבָדָֽיו\׃la.'a.va.Davto servants hisH5650

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 8:14

  • Ezekiel 46:18

    Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.

  • 1 Kings 21:7

    And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

  • 1 Samuel 22:7

    Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;

  • 1 Kings 21:19

    And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
22:7; 1Ki 21:7,19; Eze 46:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Samuel 8:13

    And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

  • 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.

  • 1 Samuel 8:15

    And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

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1 Samuel 8:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Asimismo tomará vuestras tierras, vuestras viñas, y vuestros buenos olivares, y los dará á sus siervos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il prendra vos champs et vos vignes et vos oliviers, les meilleurs, et les donnera à ses serviteurs;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und eure Felder und eure Weinberge und eure Olivengärten, die besten, wird er nehmen und sie seinen Knechten geben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Agros quoque vestros, et vineas, et oliveta optima tollet, et dabit servis suis.