1 Samuel 8 · Verse 16

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.
1 Samuel 8:16, King James Version

1 Samuel 8:16 in other translations

BSBAnd he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.
WEBHe will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and assign them to his own work.
ASVAnd he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
YLTAnd 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;
DARBYAnd he will take your bondmen, and your bondwomen, and your comeliest young men, and your asses, and use them for his work.
BBEHe will take your men-servants and your servant-girls, and the best of your oxen and your asses and put them to his work.
WebsterAnd he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your most choice young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

What does 1 Samuel 8:16 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 8:16 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.'Etand <obj.>H853
עַבְדֵיכֶם֩'av.dei.Khem[male] servants yourH5650
וְֽאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
שִׁפְח֨וֹתֵיכֶ֜םshif.Cho.tei.Khemfemale servants yourH8198
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
בַּחוּרֵיכֶ֧םba.chu.rei.Khemyoung men yourH970
הַטּוֹבִ֛יםha.to.Vim<the> goodH2896
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
חֲמוֹרֵיכֶ֖םcha.mo.rei.Khemdonkeys yourH2543
יִקָּ֑חyi.Kachhe will takeH3947
וְעָשָׂ֖הve.'a.Sahand he will use [them]H6213
לִמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ\׃lim.lakh.Tofor work hisH4399

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

Context

  • 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.

  • 1 Samuel 8:17

    He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

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1 Samuel 8:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El tomará vuestros siervos, y vuestras siervas, y vuestros buenos mancebos, y vuestros asnos, y con ellos hará sus obras.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et il prendra vos serviteurs et vos servantes et vos jeunes hommes d’élite, les meilleurs, et vos ânes, et les emploiera à ses ouvrages;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und eure Knechte und eure Mägde und eure schönsten Jünglinge und eure Esel wird er nehmen und sie zu seinen Geschäften verwenden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Servos etiam vestros, et ancillas, et juvenes optimos, et asinos, auferet, et ponet in opere suo.