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1 Samuel 16:10

Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.

KJV

Adduxit itaque Isai septem filios suos coram Samuele : et ait Samuel ad Isai : Non elegit Dominus ex istis.

Vulgate

καὶ παρήγαγεν Ἰεσσαὶ τοὺς ἑπτὰ υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐνώπιον Σαμουήλ· καὶ εἶπεν Σαμουήλ Οὐκ ἐξελέξατο Κύριος ἐν τούτοις.

LXX

And Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Jehovah hath not chosen these.

ASV

וַ/יַּעֲבֵ֥ר יִשַׁ֛י שִׁבְעַ֥ת בָּנָ֖י/ו לִ/פְנֵ֣י שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶל יִשַׁ֔י לֹא בָחַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה בָּ/אֵֽלֶּה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִשַׁ֔י
yshy
proper_noun · 42×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל
shmv'l
proper_noun · 140×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Passages from Moses, which the heretics pervert to the support of their hypothesis. 1. And while they affirm such things as these concerning the creation, every one of them generates something new, day by day, according to his ability; for no one is deemed perfect, who does not develop among them some mighty fictions. It is thus necessary, first, to indicate what things they me…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 2:15 — Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
  • 1Sam 17:12 — Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.