1 Samuel 8:14
What does 1 Samuel 8:14 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 8:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He will take your fields and your vine-gardens and your olive-gardens, all the best of them, and give them to his servants.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards--the best--he doth take, and hath given to his servants.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best oliveyards, and give them to his servants.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, the best, will he take and give to his servants.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 46:18
Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.
- 1 Samuel 22:7
And Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
- 1 Kings 21:7
And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thy heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
- 1 Kings 21:19
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
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