7But 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.|


In Context

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.|

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

1 Samuel 16:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:7But 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."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:7But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:7And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:7But Jehovah said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for Jehovah seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh on the heart.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:7But Jehovah said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth; for man looketh upon the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh upon the heart.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:7But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the hight of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:7And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, 'Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth — for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.