11Samuel said to Jesse, |Are all your children here?| He said, |There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is keeping the sheep.| Samuel said to Jesse, |Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he comes here.|


In Context

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

9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, |Neither has Yahweh chosen this one.|

10 Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, |Yahweh has not chosen these.|

11 Samuel said to Jesse, |Are all your children here?| He said, |There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is keeping the sheep.| Samuel said to Jesse, |Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he comes here.|

12 He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful face, and goodly to look on. Yahweh said, |Arise, anoint him; for this is he.|

13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 16:11 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:11So he asked Jesse, "Are these all the sons you have?" "There is still the youngest," Jesse answered, "but he is tending the sheep." Samuel said, "Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:11And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all [thy] children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:11And Samuel said to Isai: Are here all thy sons? He answered: There remaineth yet a young one, who keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said to Isai: Send, and fetch him, for we will not sit down till he come hither.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:11And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he come hither.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:11And Samuel said to Jesse, Are these all the young men? And he said, There is yet the youngest remaining, and behold, he is feeding the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit at table till he come hither.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:11And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:11And Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and bring him: for we will not sit down till he hath come hither.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:11And Samuel saith unto Jesse, 'Are the young men finished?' and he saith, 'Yet hath been left the youngest; and lo, he delighteth himself among the flock;' and Samuel saith unto Jesse, 'Send and take him, for we do not turn round till his coming in hither.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:11And Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all your children? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and, behold, he keeps the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come here.