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1 Samuel 8:12

And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.

KJV

et constituet sibi tribunos, et centuriones, et aratores agrorum suorum, et messores segetum, et fabros armorum et curruum suorum.

Vulgate

καὶ θέσθαι αὐτοὺς ἑαυτῷ χιλιάρχους καὶ ἑκατοντάρχους, καὶ θερίζειν θερισμὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ τρυγᾷν τρυγητὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ποιεῖν σκεύη πολεμικὰ αὐτοῦ καὶ σκεύη ἁρμάτων αὐτοῦ·

LXX

and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and he will set some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

ASV

וְ/לָ/שׂ֣וּם ל֔/וֹ שָׂרֵ֥י אֲלָפִ֖ים וְ/שָׂרֵ֣י חֲמִשִּׁ֑ים וְ/לַ/חֲרֹ֤שׁ חֲרִישׁ/וֹ֙ וְ/לִ/קְצֹ֣ר קְצִיר֔/וֹ וְ/לַ/עֲשׂ֥וֹת כְּלֵֽי מִלְחַמְתּ֖/וֹ וּ/כְלֵ֥י רִכְבּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֖לֶף
'lp
adjective · 500×
ו
v
noun · 324×
וֹ֙
v
noun · 3×
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים
chmshym
adjective · 163×
חֹ֣רְשֵׁי
chrshy
verb · 72×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
מִּלְחָמָ֔ה
mlchmh
noun · 316×
קְצִיר
qtsyr
noun · 53×
רֶ֔כֶב
rkb
noun · 119×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×
תִּקְצַ֥ר
tqtsr
verb · 51×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 34:21 — Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
  • Isa 3:3 — The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.