The Meaning of 1 Samuel 8:17 Explained

1 Samuel 8:17

KJV: He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

YLT: your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants.

Darby: He will take the tenth of your sheep. And ye shall be his servants.

ASV: He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 1 Samuel 8:17?

MEANING: What does 1 Samuel 8:17 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 8:17 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in 1 Samuel 8:17?

What is the context of 1 Samuel 8:17?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

What does 1 Samuel 8:17 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 8:10-22 - Rejecting The Prophet's Warning

The people had entreated Samuel to cry unto God in their behalf; and now we see him going to and fro between the people and God, as a true mediator and intercessor. "He told all the words of the Lord unto the people," 1 Samuel 8:10; and, "He rehearsed all the words of the people in the ears of the Lord," 1 Samuel 8:21. See also 1 Samuel 8:22. Samuel is fitly described in the Psalter as one who called upon God's name, Psalms 99:6. How much we may influence the life of a nation or of an individual if we will only pray with persistent and believing earnestness! We cannot dispense with our statesmen, but our prophets-the Samuels and the Elijahs-are the most efficient chariots and horsemen of protection, 2 Kings 2:12.

The people could not answer Samuel's grave and graphic words. They contented themselves with repeating their request, and soon they learned the bitterness of imposing their own will upon God. They would have a king, and God gave them their hearts' desire, but see Psalms 106:15. When Samuel had received God's reply, he set himself, with all his power, to further the matter, at all cost to himself. We are reminded of that noble reply of the Baptist in John 3:31. God's will ever first and supreme! [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 8

¹ By occasion of the ill government of Samuel's sons, the Israelites ask a king
⁶ Samuel praying in grief is comforted by God
¹⁰ He tells the manner of a king
¹⁹ God wills Samuel to yield unto the importunity of the people

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 8:17 mean?

Your sheep He will take a tenth and you will be his slaves

צֹאנְכֶ֖ם יַעְשֹׂ֑ר וְאַתֶּ֖ם תִּֽהְיוּ־ ל֥וֹ לַעֲבָדִֽים

צֹאנְכֶ֖ם	Your sheep
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine plural Root: צֹאן Sense: small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks.
יַעְשֹׂ֑ר	He will take a tenth
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: עָשַׂר Sense: to tithe, take the tenth part of, give a tithe, take a tithe.
וְאַתֶּ֖ם	and you
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, second person masculine plural Root: אַתְּ Sense: you (second pers.
תִּֽהְיוּ־	will be
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
ל֥וֹ	his
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
לַעֲבָדִֽים	slaves
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural Root: עֶבֶד Sense: slave, servant.

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