1 Samuel 16:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And when they were come in, he saw Eliab, and said: Is the Lord's anointed before him?

1 Samuel 16:6 Cross References

1 Kings 12:26

And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

1 Kings 4:11

Ben-abinadab, in all the height of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

1 Chronicles 2:13

and Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third;

1 Chronicles 27:18

of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:

1 Chronicles 28:4

Howbeit the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel:

2 Chronicles 11:18

And Rehoboam took him a wife; Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

Psalm 84:9

Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed.

Judges 8:18

Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.

1 Samuel 17:13

And the three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

1 Samuel 17:22

And David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and saluted his brethren.