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

⁹ 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

⁹ Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. Samuel said, Nor has the Lord chosen him.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath Jehovah chosen this.

Common English Bible

⁹ So Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “No, the LORD hasn’t chosen this one.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ 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

⁹ 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.