8And Isai called Abinadab, and brought him before Samuel. And he said: Neither hath the Lord chosen this.


In Context

5 And he said: It is peaceable: I am come to offer sacrifice to the Lord, be ye sanctified, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Isai and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

6 And when they were come in, he saw Eliab, and said: Is the Lord's anointed before him?

7 And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him, nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.

8 And Isai called Abinadab, and brought him before Samuel. And he said: Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

9 And Isai brought Samma, and he said of him: Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

10 Isai therefore brought his seven sons before Samuel: and Samuel said to Isai: The Lord hath not chosen any one of these.

1 Samuel 16:8 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:8Then Jesse called Abinadab and had him pass in front of Samuel. But Samuel said, "The Lord has not chosen this one either."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath Jehovah chosen this.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither has Jehovah chosen this one.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, |Neither has Yahweh chosen this one.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:8And Jesse calleth unto Abinadab, and causeth him to pass by before Samuel; and he saith, 'Also on this Jehovah hath not fixed.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither has the LORD chosen this.