3And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do: and you shall anoint to me him whom I name to you.


In Context

1 And the LORD said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill your horn with oil, and go, I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with you, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.

3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do: and you shall anoint to me him whom I name to you.

4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spoke, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Come you peaceably?

5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice to the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

1 Samuel 16:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:3Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what to do. You are to anoint for me the one I indicate."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:3And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me [him] whom I name unto thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:3And thou shalt call Isai to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou art to do, and thou shalt anoint him whom I shall shew to thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:3And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:3And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will tell thee what thou shalt do; and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:3And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:3And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint to me him whom I name to thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:3Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. You shall anoint to me him whom I name to you.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:3and thou hast called for Jesse in the sacrifice, and I cause thee to know that which thou dost do, and thou hast anointed to Me him of whom I speak unto thee.'