1 Samuel 8:16

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Samuel 8:16 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Song of Solomon 3:7Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.

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