Catholic Public Domain Version
"Also, he will take a tenth of your flocks. And you will be his servants. "
— 1 Samuel 8:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.”
“He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants. ”
“He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his servants.”
“He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will be his servants.”
“Your flocks also he will tithe, and you shall be his servants.”
“He will take a tenth of your sheep: and you will be his servants.”
“He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.”
Also, he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your best olive groves, and he will give them to his servants.
Moreover, he will take one tenth of your grain and of the results of your vineyards, so that he may give these to his eunuchs and servants.
Then, too, he will take your servants, and handmaids, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and he will set them to his work.
Also, he will take a tenth of your flocks. And you will be his servants.
And you will cry out, in that day, from the face of the king, whom you have chosen for yourselves. And the Lord will not heed you, in that day. For you requested a king for yourselves.”
But the people were not willing to listen to the voice of Samuel. Instead, they said: “By no means! For there shall be a king over us,
and we shall be just like all the Gentiles. And our king will judge us, and he will go out before us, and he will fight our wars for us.”