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Read›1 Samuel›Chapter 8

Samuel’s Warning

1 Samuel 8:17

In 11 translations

BSB
He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
KJV
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
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.
LSV
he tithes your flock, and you are for servants to him.
YLT
your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants.
DBY
He will take the tenth of your sheep. And ye shall be his servants.
DRC
Your flocks also he will tithe, and you shall be his servants.
GNV
He will take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants.
JPS
He will take the tenth of your flocks; and ye shall be his servants.
LXXE
And he will tithe your flocks; and ye shall be 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
צֹאנְכֶ֖ם יַעְשֹׂ֑ר וְאַתֶּ֖ם תִּֽהְיוּ־ל֥וֹ לַעֲבָדִֽים׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ τὰ ποίμνια ὑμῶν ἀποδεκατώσει, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθε αὐτῷ δοῦλοι.

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