1 Samuel 8:16

In 11 translations

BSB

And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.LXX; Hebrew your best young men

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.

LSV

And your menservants and your maidservants, and the best of your young men and your donkeys, he takes, and has prepared for his own work;

YLT

And 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;

DBY

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

DRC

Your servants also and handmaids, and your goodliest young men, and your asses he will take away, and put them to his work.

GNV

And he will take your men seruants, and your maide seruants, and the chiefe of your yong men, and your asses, and put them to his worke.

JPS

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.

LXXE

And he will take your servants, and your handmaids, and your good herds and your asses, and will take the tenth of them for his works.

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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

וְאֶת־עַבְדֵיכֶם֩ וְֽאֶת־שִׁפְח֨וֹתֵיכֶ֜ם וְאֶת־בַּחוּרֵיכֶ֧ם הַטּוֹבִ֛ים וְאֶת־חֲמוֹרֵיכֶ֖ם יִקָּ֑ח וְעָשָׂ֖ה לִמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ τοὺς δούλους ὑμῶν, καὶ τὰς δούλας ὑμῶν, καὶ τὰ βουκόλια ὑμῶν τὰ ἀγαθὰ, καὶ τοὺς ὄνους ὑμῶν λήψεται, καὶ ἀποδεκατώσει εἰς τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ·

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