Bible verse
And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.
1 Samuel 8:16 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Samuel 8.
12 He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, to make his weapons of war, and to equip his chariots.
13 And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers.
14 He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.
15 He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.
16 And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to 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 beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”
19 Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.
20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”
KJV
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put [them] to his work.
ASV
And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
ERV
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
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