1 Samuel 8:16
King James Version (KJV)
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
In context
14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to 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 which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
1 Samuel 8:16 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
- WEB World English Bible
- He will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and assign them to his own work.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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 Darby Translation
- And he will take your bondmen, and your bondwomen, and your comeliest young men, and your asses, and use them for his work.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your most choice young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.