1 Samuel 8:15 “He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to hi…”

1 Samuel 8:15

He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He will take one tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And he will take the tenth of your seede, and of your vineyards, and giue it to his Eunuches, and to his seruants.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And your seed and your vineyards he doth tithe, and hath given to his eunuchs, and to his servants.

Bible in Basic English

He will take a tenth of your seed and of the fruit of your vines and give it to his servants.

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Cross references

“officers”

Genesis 37:36 Isaiah 39:7 Daniel 1:3 Daniel 1:7–10 Daniel 1:18

Genesis 37:36 · BSB

Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

Isaiah 39:7 · BSB

And 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 1:3 · BSB

Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—

Daniel 1:7–10 · BSB

The chief official gave them new names: To Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.

Daniel 1:18 · BSB

Now at the end of the time specified by the king, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.

16And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.

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