1 Samuel 16:6
World English Bible (WEB)
When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”
In context
4 Samuel did that which the LORD 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 the LORD. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
6 When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”
7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “The LORD has not chosen this one, either.”
1 Samuel 16:6 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
- 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.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And it came to pass when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah's anointed is before him.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And it came to pass when they had come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.