17He will take the tenth of your sheep. And ye shall be his servants.


In Context

14 And your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, the best, will he take and give to his servants.

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

16 And he will take your bondmen, and your bondwomen, and your comeliest young men, and your asses, and use them for his work.

17 He will take the tenth of your sheep. And ye shall be his servants.

18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye have chosen; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.

19 And the people refused to hearken to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but there shall be a king over us,

1 Samuel 8:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:17He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:17He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:17Your flocks also he will tithe, and you shall be his servants.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:17He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:17He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye will be his servants.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his servants.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:17He will take the tenth of your sheep: and you shall be his servants.