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1 Samuel 8:16-18
Modern English Version
1 Samuel 8:16-18
Modern English Version
16 And your menservants and your maidservants, and the best of your young men and asses he will take and make do his work. 17 Your flocks he will take a tenth of, but you will be his for slaves. 18 And you will cry out in that day because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”
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1 Samuel 8:16-18
New International Version
1 Samuel 8:16-18
New International Version
16 Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle[a] and donkeys he will take for his own use. 17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. 18 When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer(A) you in that day.(B)”
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- 1 Samuel 8:16 Septuagint; Hebrew young men
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