And 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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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.
and your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards--the best--he doth take, and hath given to his servants.
And your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, the best, will he take and give to his servants.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.
- Author
- Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
- Date
- Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy