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1 Samuel 16:6

And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.

KJV

Cumque ingressi essent, vidit Eliab, et ait : Num coram Domino est christus ejus ?

Vulgate

καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῷ αὐτοὺς εἰσιέναι καὶ εἶδεν τὸν Ἐλιάβ, καὶ εἶπεν Ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου χριστὸς αὐτοῦ.

LXX

And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah’s anointed is before him.

ASV

וַ/יְהִ֣י בְּ/בוֹאָ֔/ם וַ/יַּ֖רְא אֶת אֱלִיאָ֑ב וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר אַ֛ךְ נֶ֥גֶד יְהוָ֖ה מְשִׁיחֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱלִיאָ֖ב
'ly'b
proper_noun · 21×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַךְ
'k
adverb · 158×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
וֹ
v
noun · 38×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
נֶ֣גֶד
ngd
preposition · 148×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 28:4 — Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father;
  • 2Chr 11:18 — And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;