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1 Samuel 16:5-7
New King James Version
1 Samuel 16:5-7
New King James Version
5 And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. (A)Sanctify[a] yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.
6 So it was, when they came, that he looked at (B)Eliab and (C)said, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him!”
7 But the Lord said to Samuel, (D)“Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have [b]refused him. (E)For[c] the Lord does not see as man sees; for man (F)looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the (G)heart.”
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- 1 Samuel 16:5 Consecrate
- 1 Samuel 16:7 rejected
- 1 Samuel 16:7 LXX For God does not see as man sees; Tg. It is not by the appearance of a man; Vg. Nor do I judge according to the looks of a man
New King James Version (NKJV)
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