Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive trees and will give [them] to his servants.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
Holman Bible
He can take your best fields, vineyards, and olive orchards and give them to his servants.
International Standard Version
He will take the best products of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves and give them to his servants.
A Conservative Version
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
American Standard Version
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
Amplified
He will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants.
Bible in Basic English
He will take your fields and your vine-gardens and your olive-gardens, all the best of them, and give them to his servants.
Darby Translation
And your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, the best, will he take and give to his servants.
Julia Smith Translation
And your fields and your vineyards, and your olive trees, the good he will take and give to his servants.
King James 2000
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
Modern King James verseion
And he will take your fields and your vineyards and your olive-yards, the best, and give them to his servants.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he shall take the best of your fields, and of your vineyards and of your olive trees, and give them to his servants.
NET Bible
He will take your best fields and vineyards and give them to his own servants.
New Heart English Bible
He will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves, even their best, and give them to his servants.
The Emphasized Bible
And, your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, the best of them, will he take, and give to his servants;
Webster
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
World English Bible
He will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
Youngs Literal Translation
and your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards -- the best -- he doth take, and hath given to his servants.
Themes
Government » Mosaic » Chose, or ratified, the chief ruler
Hearing » Who the lord will not hear
Israel » Under the judges » Demands » King
Kings » Israel warned against seeking
Monarchy » Described by samuel
Olive Trees » Cultivated » In olive yards
Rejection » The reward for rejecting the lord
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » Confiscating naboth's vineyard
samuel » People desire a king; he protests
Tribute » Sometimes exacted by kings from their own subjects
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 8:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Demand For A King
13 He will take your daughters as [his] perfume makers and as cooks and as bakers. 14 He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive trees and will give [them] to his servants. 15 He will take a tenth of your seed and your vineyards and give [it] to his high officials and to his servants.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:7
Jezebel his wife said to him, "Now, you {rule} over Israel. Get up, eat food, and let your heart be {cheerful}. I myself will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."
Ezekiel 46:18
But the prince shall not take from the inheritance of the people to rob them, [separating them] from their property; from his [own] property he shall bestow an inheritance on his sons, so that my people will not be driven away, any one, from his property."
1 Samuel 22:7
Then Saul said to the servants who [were] standing around him, "Please listen, {Benjaminites}! Will the son of Jesse give you all fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?
1 Kings 21:19
You shall say to him, 'Thus says Yahweh: "Have you committed murder and also taken possession?" ' You shall also say to him, 'Thus says Yahweh: "In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, the dogs will also lick your blood." '"