1 Samuel 8:14

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards 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

12He will appoint captains over his thousands and captains over his fifties, will set some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and some to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. 13He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers. And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants. 15He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants. 16And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.

1 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 22:7then Saul said to his servants who stood about him, “Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds?
• 1 Kings 21:7Then Jezebel his wife said to him, “You now exercise authority over Israel! Arise, eat food, and let your heart be cheerful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
• Ezekiel 46:18Moreover the prince shall not take any of the people’s inheritance by evicting them from their property; he shall provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people may 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

Topics related to 1 Samuel 8:14

• Government
• Israel
• Monarchy
• Rulers
• Samuel

In the dictionaries

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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