1 Samuel 8:16
14 He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.
15 He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.
And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.
17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
18 When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.
- KJV
- And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
- WEB
- He will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and assign them to his own work.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And he will take your bondmen, and your bondwomen, and your comeliest young men, and your asses, and use them for his work.
- BLB
- And your⁺ menservants, and your⁺ maidservants, and your⁺ best cattle, and your⁺ donkeys, he will take and put to his work.
- ÅB
- Deres slaver og deres slavekvinner og deres beste unge menn og deres eseler vil han ta og bruke til sitt arbeid.
- OTB
- Han vil ta deres mannlige og kvinnelige tjenere, det beste av deres kveg og esler, og bruke dem til sitt eget arbeid.
- B1930
- Eders træler og eders trælkvinner og eders beste unge menn og eders asener vil han ta og bruke til sitt arbeid.