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


In Context

1 The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king."

2 But Samuel said, "How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me." The Lord said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the Lord .'

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

4 Samuel did what the Lord said. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town trembled when they met him. They asked, "Do you come in peace?"

5 Samuel replied, "Yes, in peace; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord . Consecrate yourselves and come to the sacrifice with me." Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

1st Samuel 16:3 in Other Translations

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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:3And 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.