1 Samuel 16:9 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. Samuel said, Nor has the Lord chosen him.

American Standard Version (1901)

Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath Jehovah chosen this.

Common English Bible

So Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “No, the LORD hasn’t chosen this one.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then Jesse brought Shammah. And he said about him, "And the Lord has not chosen this one."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Isai brought Samma, and he said of him: Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

1 Samuel 16:9 Cross References

2 Samuel 13:3

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jon´adab, the son of Shim´e-ah David's brother: and Jon´adab was a very subtile man.

1 Kings 4:11

the son of Abin´adab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

1 Chronicles 2:13

And Jesse begat his firstborn Eli´ab, and Abin´adab the second, and Shimma the third,

1 Samuel 16:10

Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these.

1 Samuel 17:13

And 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 Eli´ab the firstborn, and next unto him Abin´adab, and the third Shammah.