1 Samuel 8:17
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
1 Samuel 8:17 in other translations
| BSB | He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. |
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| WEB | He will take one tenth of your flocks; and you will be his servants. |
| ASV | He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants. |
| YLT | your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants. |
| DARBY | He will take the tenth of your sheep. And ye shall be his servants. |
| BBE | He will take a tenth of your sheep: and you will be his servants. |
| Webster | He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye will be his servants. |
What does 1 Samuel 8:17 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.
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…
1 Samuel 8:17 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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.
- 1 Samuel 8:18
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.
1 Samuel 8:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Diezmará también vuestro rebaño, y seréis sus siervos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | il dîmera votre menu bétail, et vous serez ses serviteurs. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Euer Kleinvieh wird er zehnten, und ihr, ihr werdet ihm zu Knechten sein. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Greges quoque vestros addecimabit, vosque eritis ei servi. |