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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Samuel 16:6 Catholic Bible: When they arrived, Samuel saw Jesse's son Eliab and said to himself, "This man standing here in the LORD's presence is surely the one he has chosen." </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/1_samuel/16-6.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/1_samuel/16-6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/1_samuel/16-6.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/1_samuel/1.htm">1 Samuel</a> > <a href="/gntd/1_samuel/16.htm">Chapter 16</a> > Verse 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/16-5.htm" title="1 Samuel 16:5">◄</a> 1 Samuel 16:6 <a href="../1_samuel/16-7.htm" title="1 Samuel 16:7">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/16.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/1_samuel/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When they arrived, Samuel saw Jesse's son Eliab and said to himself, "This man standing here in the LORD's presence is surely the one he has chosen." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is now before the LORD.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/1_samuel/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When Jesse and his sons arrived, Samuel noticed Jesse's oldest son, Eliab. "He has to be the one the LORD has chosen," Samuel said to himself. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As they came, he looked at Eliab and thought, “Surely the anointed is here before the LORD.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/1_samuel/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when they were come in, he saw Eliab, and said: Is the Lord's anointed before him?<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And when they were come in, he saw Eliab, and said: Is the Lord's anointed before him?</p><p class="hdg">Eliab</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_samuel/17-13.htm">1 Samuel 17:13,22</a> And his three eldest sons followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle, were Eliab, the firstborn, and the second, Abinadab, and the third Samma: . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_chronicles/2-13.htm">1 Chronicles 2:13</a> And Isai begot Eliab his firstborn, the second Abinadab, the third Simmaa,</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_chronicles/27-18.htm">1 Chronicles 27:18</a> Over Juda, Eliu the brother of David over Issachar, Amri the son of Michael:</p><p class="hdg">Elihu </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../judges/8-18.htm">Judges 8:18</a> And he said to Zebee and Salmana: What manner of men were they, whom you slew in Thabor? They answered: They were like thee, and one of them as the son of a king.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/12-26.htm">1 Kings 12:26</a> And Jeroboam said in his heart: Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David,</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/1_samuel/16.htm">Samuel Anoints David</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>And he said: It is peaceable: I am come to offer sacrifice to the Lord, be ye sanctified, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Isai and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl">And when they were come in, he saw Eliab, and said: Is the Lord's anointed before him?</span><span class="reftext">7</span>And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him, nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/17-13.htm">1 Samuel 17:13</a></span><br />And his three eldest sons followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle, were Eliab, the firstborn, and the second, Abinadab, and the third Samma:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_chronicles/28-4.htm">1 Chronicles 28:4</a></span><br />But the Lord God of Israel chose me of all the house of my father, to be king over Israel for ever: for of Juda he chose the princes: and of the house of Juda, my father's house: and among the sons of my father, it pleased him to choose me king over all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/11-18.htm">2 Chronicles 11:18</a></span><br />And Roboam took to wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David: and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Isai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../psalms/84-9.htm">Psalm 84:9</a></span><br />Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of thy Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/16-3.htm">Anointed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-4.htm">Arrived</a> <a 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