He will take one tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers, and to his servants.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
- BSB He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.
- NKJV He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants.
- NASB And he will take a tenth of your seed and your vineyards and give it to his high officials and his servants.
- NLT He will take a tenth of your grain and your grape harvest and distribute it among his officers and attendants.
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- Dan 1:7–10The prince of the eunuchs gave names to them: to Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, Shadrach; and to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
- Isa 39:7‘They will take away your sons who will issue from you, whom you shall father, and they will be eunuchs in the king of Babylon’s palace.’”
- Dan 1:18At the end of the days which the king had appointed for bringing them in, the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
- Gen 37:36The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.
- Dan 1:3The king spoke to Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring in some of the children of Israel, even of the royal offspring and of the nobles;
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