1 Samuel 8 · Verse 15

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.
1 Samuel 8:15, King James Version

1 Samuel 8:15 in other translations

BSBHe will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.
WEBHe will take one tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants.
ASVAnd he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
YLTAnd your seed and your vineyards he doth tithe, and hath given to his eunuchs, and to his servants.
DARBYAnd he will take the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give to his chamberlains and to his servants.
BBEHe will take a tenth of your seed and of the fruit of your vines and give it to his servants.
WebsterAnd he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

What does 1 Samuel 8:15 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.

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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 8:15 in the original Hebrew

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וְזַרְעֵיכֶ֥םve.zar.'ei.Khemand seed<s> yourH2233
וְכַרְמֵיכֶ֖םve.khar.mei.Khemand vineyards yourH3754
יַעְשֹׂ֑רya'.Sorhe will take a tenthH6237
וְנָתַ֥ןve.na.Tanand he will give [them]H5414
לְסָרִיסָ֖יוle.sa.ri.Savto officials hisH5631
וְלַעֲבָדָֽיו\׃ve.la.'a.va.Davand to servants hisH5650

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 8:15

  • Daniel 1:7-10

    Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed–nego. But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.

  • Isaiah 39:7

    And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

  • Genesis 37:36

    And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.

  • Daniel 1:3

    And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes;

  • Daniel 1:18

    Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
officers. Heb. eunuchs.
Ge 37:36; Isa 39:7; Da 1:3,7-10,18

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Context

  • 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.

  • 1 Samuel 8:16

    And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

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1 Samuel 8:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El diezmará vuestras simientes y vuestras viñas, para dar á sus eunucos y á sus siervos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et il prendra la dîme de vos semences et de vos vignes, et la donnera à ses eunuques et à ses serviteurs;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und von euren Saaten und euren Weinbergen wird er den Zehnten nehmen und ihn seinen Kämmerern und seinen Knechten geben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sed et segetes vestras et vinearum reditus addecimabit, ut det eunuchis et famulis suis.