6When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, "Surely the Lord 's anointed stands here before the Lord ."


In Context

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.

6 When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, "Surely the Lord 's anointed stands here before the Lord ."

7 But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."

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

1st Samuel 16:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:6And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’S anointed [is] before him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:6And when they were come in, he saw Eliab, and said: Is the Lord's anointed before him?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:6And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah's anointed is before him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:6And it came to pass when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah's anointed is before him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:6And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:6And it came to pass when they had come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:6It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, |Surely Yahweh's anointed is before him.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:6And it cometh to pass, in their coming in, that he seeth Eliab, and saith, 'Surely, before Jehovah is His anointed.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:6And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.