1 Samuel 8:13
What does 1 Samuel 8:13 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 8:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Your daughters he will take to be makers of perfumes and cooks and bread-makers.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And your daughters he doth take for perfumers, and for cooks, and for bakers;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Your daughters also he will take to make him ointments, and to be his cooks, and bakers.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he will take your daughters for perfumers, and cooks, and bakers.
Context
v.12and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and he will set some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.
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v.14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
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