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


In Context

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

4 Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, |Do you come peaceably?|

5 He said, |Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.| He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

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

7 But Yahweh said to Samuel, |Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for Yahweh sees not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.|

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

1 Samuel 16:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:6When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, "Surely the Lord 's anointed stands here before the Lord ."

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 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.