1 Samuel 8:14

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“He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.”

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Read 1 Samuel 8:14 in the flow of 1 Samuel8 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open 1 Samuel8 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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 · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards--the best--he doth take, and hath given to his servants.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Samuel 8:14 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 22:7Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?
  2. 1 Kings 21:7But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
  3. 1 Kings 21:19Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”
  4. Ezekiel 46:18The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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