1 Samuel 8:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves shall be his slaves.

American Standard Version (1901)

He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.

Common English Bible

He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and then you yourselves will become his slaves!

Catholic Public Domain Version

Also, he will take a tenth of your flocks. And you will be his servants.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Your flocks also he will tithe, and you shall be his servants.

1 Samuel 8:17 Cross References

1 Kings 12:4

“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now, therefore, lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke that he placed on us, and we will serve you.”

Hebrews 7:2

and to him Abraham apportioned “one-tenth of everything.” His name, in the first place, means “king of righteousness”; next, he is also king of Salem, that is, “king of peace.”

1 Samuel 17:8

He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.

1 Samuel 8:16

He will take your male and female slaves and the best of your cattle and donkeys and put them to his work.

1 Samuel 8:18

And on that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you on that day.”