KJV King James Version
And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’S anointed [is] before him.
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1 Samuel 16:6
And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’S anointed [is] before him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
WEB World English Bible
It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely Yahweh’s anointed is before him.”
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah’s anointed is before him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, in their coming in, that he seeth Eliab, and saith, ‘Surely, before Jehovah is His anointed.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 16
3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me [him] whom I name unto thee.
4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’S anointed [is] before him.
7 But 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.
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
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1 Samuel 17:13And the three eldest sons of Jesse went [and] followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle [were] Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.1 Chronicles 2:13And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,Judges 8:18Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men [were they] whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou [art], so [were] they; each one resembled the children of a king.1 Samuel 17:22And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.1 Chronicles 27:18Of Judah, Elihu, [one] of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:1 Kings 12:26And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
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