1 Samuel 16:6

In 11 translations

BSB

When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”

KJV

¶ And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.Eliab: called Elihu

WEB

When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely Yahweh’s anointed is before him.”

ASV

And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah’s anointed is before him.

LSV

And it comes to pass, in their coming in, that he sees Eliab and says, “Surely His anointed [is] here before YHWH.”

YLT

And it cometh to pass, in their coming in, that he seeth Eliab, and saith, 'Surely, before Jehovah [is] His anointed.'

DBY

And it came to pass when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah's anointed is before him.

DRC

And when they were come in, he saw Eliab, and said: Is the Lord’s anointed before him?

GNV

And when they were come, hee looked on Eliab, and saide, Surely the Lordes Anointed is before him.

JPS

And it came to pass, when they were come, that he beheld Eliab, and said: 'Surely the LORD'S anointed is before Him.'

LXXE

And it came to pass when they came in, that he saw Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before him.

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WLC

וַיְהִ֣י בְּבוֹאָ֔ם וַיַּ֖רְא אֶת־אֱלִיאָ֑ב וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אַ֛ךְ נֶ֥גֶד יְהוָ֖ה מְשִׁיחֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῷ εἰσιέναι αὐτοὺς, καὶ εἶδε τὸν Ἑλιάβ, καὶ εἶπεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου χριστὸς αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Samuel 17:13The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
• 1 Chronicles 2:13Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,
• Judges 8:18Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
• 1 Samuel 17:22Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.
• 1 Kings 12:26Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.
• 1 Chronicles 27:18over Judah was Elihu, one of David’s brothers; over Issachar was Omri son of Michael;

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