1 Samuel 16:6
And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.In other versions
And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah's anointed is before him.
ASV
Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.
BBE
And it came to pass when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah's anointed is before him.
DBY
It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, Surely Yahweh's anointed is before him.
WEB
And it cometh to pass, in their coming in, that he seeth Eliab, and saith, `Surely, before Jehovah `is' His anointed.'
YLT
And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.
ENG
And it came to pass when they had come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.
WBT
When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
BSB
In context
4And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
5And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: 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 the LORD's anointed is before him.
7But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Eliab