Sinai1 Samuel 16:6
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah’s anointed is before him.
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1 Samuel 16:6 in other translations
When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely Yahweh’s anointed is before him.”
1 Samuel 16:6 in context
- 4And Samuel did that which Jehovah spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
- 5And he said, Peaceably; I am come to sacrifice unto Jehovah: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
- 6And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah’s anointed is before him.
- 7But Jehovah said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for Jehovah seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh on the heart.
- 8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath Jehovah chosen this.