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


In Context

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.|

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

1 Samuel 16:8 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:8Then Jesse called Abinadab and had him pass in front of Samuel. But Samuel said, "The Lord has not chosen this one either."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:8And Isai called Abinadab, and brought him before Samuel. And he said: Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath Jehovah chosen this.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither has Jehovah chosen this one.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:8And Jesse calleth unto Abinadab, and causeth him to pass by before Samuel; and he saith, 'Also on this Jehovah hath not fixed.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither has the LORD chosen this.