1 Samuel 16:2 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

² And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him, nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Samuel said, How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take a heifer with you and say, I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And Jehovah said, Take a heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to Jehovah.

Common English Bible

² “How can I do that?” Samuel asked. “When Saul hears of it he’ll kill me!” “Take a heifer with you,” the LORD replied, “and say, ‘I have come to make a sacrifice to the LORD.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And Samuel said: "How shall I go? For Saul will hear of it, and he will put me to death." And the Lord said: "You shall take, by your hand, a calf from the herd. And you shall say, 'I have arrived in order to immolate to the Lord.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And Samuel said: How shall I go, for Saul will hear of it, and he will kill me? And the Lord said: Thou shalt take with thee a calf of the herd, and thou shalt say: I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.

1 Samuel 16:2 Cross References

Exodus 3:11

3 Moses said to God: Lo, I shall go to the children of Israel, and say to them: The God of your fathers hath sent me to you. If they should say to me: What is his name? what shall I say to them?

Matthew 10:16

4 The disciple is not above the master, nor the servant above his lord.

Luke 1:34

2 And she cried out with a loud voice, and said: Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

1 Samuel 16:3

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

1 Samuel 20:29

4 So Jonathan rose from the table in great anger, and did not eat bread on the second day after the new moon. For he was grieved for David, because his father had put him to confusion.

1 Samuel 9:12

7 And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him: Behold the man, of whom I spoke to thee, this man shall reign over my people.