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Samuel’s Warning

1 Samuel 8:15

In 11 translations

BSB
He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.
KJV
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.officers: Heb. eunuchs
WEB
He will take one tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants.
ASV
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
LSV
And he tithes your seed and your vineyards, and has given to his eunuchs, and to his servants.
YLT
And your seed and your vineyards he doth tithe, and hath given to his eunuchs, and to his servants.
DBY
And he will take the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give to his chamberlains and to his servants.
DRC
Moreover he will take the tenth of your corn, and of the revenues of your vineyards, to give his eunuchs and servants.
GNV
And he will take the tenth of your seede, and of your vineyards, and giue it to his Eunuches, and to his seruants.
JPS
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
LXXE
And he will take the tithe of your seeds and your vineyards, and give it to his eunuchs, and to his servants.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְזַרְעֵיכֶ֥ם וְכַרְמֵיכֶ֖ם יַעְשֹׂ֑ר וְנָתַ֥ן לְסָרִיסָ֖יו וְלַעֲבָדָֽיו׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ τὰ σπέρματα ὑμῶν καὶ τοὺς ἀμπελῶνας ὑμῶν ἀποδεκατώσει, καὶ δώσει τοῖς εὐνούχοις αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Daniel 1:7–10The chief official gave them new names: To Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego. But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with…
  • Genesis 37:36Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
  • Isaiah 39:7And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
  • Daniel 1:3Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—
  • Daniel 1:18Now at the end of the time specified by the king, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.

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