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1 Samuel 16:9

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Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”

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1 Samuel 16:9 in other translations

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

1 Samuel 16:9 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 16:9 in context

  1. 7But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
  2. 8Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”
  3. 9Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”
  4. 10Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, “Yahweh has not chosen these.”
  5. 11Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?”
    He said, “There remains yet the youngest. Behold, he is keeping the sheep.”
    Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”