1 Samuel 16:6 - The Scriptures 2009

⁶ And it came to be, when they came, that he saw Eliyaḇ and thought, “The anointed of יהוה is indeed 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 Yaroḇ‛am said in his heart, “Now the reign shall return to the house of Dawiḏ.

1 Kings 4:11

Ben-Aḇinaḏaḇ, all the height of Dor, Taphath the daughter of Shelomoh became his wife;

1 Chronicles 2:13

Yishai brought forth Eliyaḇ his first-born, and Aḇinaḏaḇ the second, and Shim‛a the third,

1 Chronicles 27:18

Yehuḏah: Elihu, one of Dawiḏ’s brothers; Yissasḵar: Omri son of Miḵa’ĕl;

1 Chronicles 28:4

“Yet יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl chose me above all the house of my father to be sovereign over Yisra’ĕl forever, for He has chosen Yehuḏah to be the ruler. And of the house of Yehuḏah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father, He was pleased with me to make me reign over all Yisra’ĕl.

2 Chronicles 11:18

And Reḥaḇ‛am took for himself as wife Maḥalath the daughter of Yerimoth son of Dawiḏ, and of Aḇiḥayil the daughter of Eliyaḇ son of Yishai.

Psalm 84:9

O Elohim, see our shield, And look upon the face of Your anointed.

Judges 8:18

And he said to Zeḇaḥ and Tsalmunna, “How were the men whom you killed at Taḇor?” So they answered, “They were like you, each one looked like the son of a sovereign.”

1 Samuel 17:13

And the three oldest sons of Yishai went, they had gone to follow Sha’ul to the battle, and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliyaḇ the first-born, and his second Aḇinaḏaḇ, and the third Shammah.

1 Samuel 17:22

And Dawiḏ left his supplies in the hand of the keeper of the supplies, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.