1 Samuel 16:6 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

⁶ When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord's anointed is now before the Lord.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ When they had come, he looked on Eliab [the eldest son] and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah’s anointed is before him.

Common English Bible

⁶ When they arrived, Samuel looked at Eliab and thought, That must be the LORD’s anointed right in front.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And when they had entered, he saw Eliab, and he said, "Could he be the Christ in the sight of the Lord?"

1 Samuel 16:6 Cross References

1 Kings 12:26

Then Jeroboam said to himself, “Now the kingdom may well revert to the house of David.

1 Kings 4:11

Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (he had Taphath, Solomon's daughter, as his wife);

1 Chronicles 2:13

Jesse became the father of Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,

1 Chronicles 27:18

for Judah, Elihu, one of David's brothers; for Issachar, Omri son of Michael;

1 Chronicles 28:4

Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me from all my ancestral house to be king over Israel forever; for he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father's house, and among my father's sons he took delight in making me king over all Israel.

2 Chronicles 11:18

Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath daughter of Jerimoth son of David, and of Abihail daughter of Eliab son of Jesse.

Psalm 84:9

Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed.

Judges 8:18

Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What about the men whom you killed at Tabor?” They answered, “As you are, so were they, every one of them; they resembled the sons of a king.”

1 Samuel 17:13

The three eldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle; the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

1 Samuel 17:22

David left the things in charge of the keeper of the baggage, ran to the ranks, and went and greeted his brothers.