1 Samuel 16:6
4 So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
5 “In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
- KJV
- And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.
- WEB
- When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”
- ASV
- And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah`s anointed is before him.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah's anointed is before him.
- BLB
- And it was in their coming that he saw Eliab and said, “Surely before YHWH [is] His anointed.”
- ÅB
- Da de kom, og han fikk se Eliab, tenkte han: Dette må være Herrens salvede.
- OTB
- Da de kom, så han Eliab og tenkte: «Sannelig, Herrens salvede står her foran ham.»
- B1930
- Da de kom, og han fikk se Eliab, tenkte han: Visselig står her for Herren hans salvede.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 17:13
The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
Read in context1 Chronicles 2:13
Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,
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