English Standard Version
1 Samuel 8:14
14He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants.
1 Samuel 8:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
- New International Version (NIV)He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He will take away the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his own officials.
Context of 1 Samuel 8:14
12And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots. 13He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants. 15He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. 16He will take your male servants and female servants and the best of your young men and your donkeys, and put them to his work.
Read all of 1 Samuel 81 Samuel 8:14 word by word
וְאֶת־שְׂ֠דֽוֹתֵיכֶם וְאֶת־כַּרְמֵיכֶ֧ם וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֛ם הַטּוֹבִ֖ים יִקָּ֑ח וְנָתַ֖ן לַעֲבָדָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And he will takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- your fieldsשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
- and your vineyardsכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
- and your oliveyardsזַ֫יִתzayith · oliveH2132
- the bestטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
- and giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- to his servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 8:14
- 1 Samuel 22:7And Saul said to his servants who stood about him, "Hear now, people of Benjamin; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds,
- 1 Kings 21:7And Jezebel his wife said to him, "Do you now govern Israel? Arise and eat bread and let your heart be cheerful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."
- Ezekiel 46:18The prince shall not take any of the inheritance of the people, thrusting them out of their property. He shall give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that none of my people shall be scattered from his property."
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 8:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14-18Verses 14-18 See illustrations in marginal references; 1 Kings 5:13-18; 1 Kings 12:4.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 If they would have a king to rule them, as the eastern kings ruled their subjects, they would find the yoke exceedingly heavy. Those that submit to the government of the world and the flesh, are told plainly, what hard masters they are, and what tyranny the dominion of sin is. The law of God and the manner of men widely differ from each other; the former should be our rule in the several relations of life; the latter should be the measure of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-17The king would take both people and their belongings.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1814-18. he will take your fields, &c.--The circumstances mentioned here might be illustrated by exact analogies in the conduct of many Oriental monarchs in the present day.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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