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Young's Literal Translation

1 Samuel 16:8

And Jesse calleth unto Abinadab, and causeth him to pass by before Samuel; and he saith, `Also on this Jehovah hath not fixed.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abinadab;   Church and State;   Jesse;   King;   Minister, Christian;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - First Born, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abinadab;   David;   Jesse;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Samuel;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Covenant;   Elect, Election;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bethlehem;   David;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abinadab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bethlehem;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bethlehem;   David;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abinadab ;   Jesse ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abinadab;   Kingdom of christ of heaven;   Kingdom of god;   Kingdom of heaven;   Saul;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Abin'adab;   Da'vid;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Anoint;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abinadab;   Jesse;   Samuel;   Samuel, Books of;   Shammah;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abinadab;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel. “The Lord hasn’t chosen this one either,” Samuel said.
Hebrew Names Version
Then Yishai called Avinadav, and made him pass before Shemu'el. He said, Neither has the LORD chosen this.
King James Version
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
Lexham English Bible
Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel, and he said, "This one also Yahweh has not chosen."
English Standard Version
Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this one."
New Century Version
Then Jesse called Abinadab and told him to pass by Samuel. But Samuel said, "The Lord has not chosen this man either."
New English Translation
Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel. But Samuel said, "The Lord has not chosen this one, either."
Amplified Bible
Then Jesse called Abinadab and had him pass before Samuel. But Samuel said, "The LORD has not chosen this one either."
New American Standard Bible
Then Jesse called Abinadab and had him pass before Samuel. But he said, "The LORD has not chosen this one, either."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ishai called Abinadab, & made him come before Samuel. And he saide, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, "Yahweh has not chosen this one either."
Contemporary English Version
Jesse told his son Abinadab to go over to Samuel, but Samuel said, "No, the Lord hasn't chosen him."
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Yishai called Avinadav and presented him to Sh'mu'el; but he said, " Adonai hasn't chosen this one either."
Darby Translation
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither has Jehovah chosen this one.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Jesse called his second son, Abinadab. Abinadab walked by Samuel. But Samuel said, "No, this is not the man who the Lord chose."
George Lamsa Translation
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither has the LORD chosen this one.
Good News Translation
Then Jesse called his son Abinadab and brought him to Samuel. But Samuel said, "No, the Lord hasn't chosen him either."
Literal Translation
And Jesse called to Abinadab, and he passed him before Samuel but he said, Also Jehovah has not chosen this one.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then Isai called Abinadab, & broughte him before Samuel. And he sayde: This hath not the LORDE chosen.
American Standard Version
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath Jehovah chosen this.
Bible in Basic English
Then Jesse sent for Abinadab and made him come before Samuel. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then Isai called Abinadab, & made him come before Samuel, and he sayd: Neither hath the Lorde chosen this.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said: 'Neither hath the LORD chosen this.'
King James Version (1611)
Then Iesse called Abinadab, and made him passe before Samuel: and he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Jessae called Aminadab, and he passed before Samuel: and he said, Neither has God chosen this one.
English Revised Version
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, "The LORD has not chosen this one either."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Ysai clepide Amynadab, and brouyte hym bifor Samuel; which seide, Nether the Lord hath chose this.
Update Bible Version
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither has Yahweh chosen this.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
World English Bible
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, Neither has Yahweh chosen this.
New King James Version
So Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, "Neither has the LORD chosen this one."
New Living Translation
Then Jesse told his son Abinadab to step forward and walk in front of Samuel. But Samuel said, "This is not the one the Lord has chosen."
New Life Bible
Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass in front of Samuel. But Samuel said, "The Lord has not chosen this one."
New Revised Standard
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this one."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel, - and he said, Neither of this one, hath Yahweh made choice.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Isai called Abinadab, and brought him before Samuel. And he said: Neither hath the Lord chosen this,
Revised Standard Version
Then Jesse called Abin'adab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, "Neither has the LORD chosen this one."
THE MESSAGE
Jesse then called up Abinadab and presented him to Samuel. Samuel said, "This man isn't God 's choice either."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, "The LORD has not chosen this one either."

Contextual Overview

6 And it cometh to pass, in their coming in, that he seeth Eliab, and saith, `Surely, before Jehovah [is] His anointed.' 7 And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for [it is] not as man seeth -- for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.' 8 And Jesse calleth unto Abinadab, and causeth him to pass by before Samuel; and he saith, `Also on this Jehovah hath not fixed.' 9 And Jesse causeth Shammah to pass by, and he saith, `Also on this Jehovah hath not fixed.' 10 And Jesse causeth seven of his sons to pass by before Samuel, and Samuel saith to Jesse, `Jehovah hath not fixed on these.' 11 And Samuel saith unto Jesse, `Are the young men finished?' and he saith, `Yet hath been left the youngest; and lo, he delighteth himself among the flock;' and Samuel saith unto Jesse, `Send and take him, for we do not turn round till his coming in hither.' 12 And he sendeth, and bringeth him in, and he [is] ruddy, with beauty of eyes, and of good appearance; and Jehovah saith, `Rise, anoint him, for this [is] he.' 13 And Samuel taketh the horn of oil, and anointeth him in the midst of his brethren, and prosper over David doth the Spirit of Jehovah from that day and onwards; and Samuel riseth and goeth to Ramath.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Abinadab: 1 Samuel 17:13, 1 Chronicles 2:13

Cross-References

Genesis 3:9
And Jehovah God calleth unto the man, and saith to him, `Where [art] thou?'
Genesis 4:10
And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;
Genesis 16:1
And Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name [is] Hagar;
Genesis 16:2
and Sarai saith unto Abram, `Lo, I pray thee, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing, go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; perhaps I am built up from her;' and Abram hearkeneth to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 16:4
and he goeth in unto Hagar, and she conceiveth, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and her mistress is lightly esteemed in her eyes.
Genesis 16:5
And Sarai saith unto Abram, `My violence [is] for thee; I -- I have given mine handmaid into thy bosom, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and I am lightly esteemed in her eyes; Jehovah doth judge between me and thee.'
Genesis 16:8
and he saith, `Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence hast thou come, and whither dost thou go?' and she saith, `From the presence of Sarai, my mistress, I am fleeing.'
1 Samuel 26:19
And, now, let, I pray thee, my lord the king hear the words of his servant: if Jehovah hath moved thee against me, let Him accept a present; and if the sons of men -- cursed [are] they before Jehovah, for they have cast me out to-day from being admitted into the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the spirit of the ruler go up against thee, Thy place leave not, For yielding quieteth great sinners.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Jesse called Abinadab,.... His second son, 1 Samuel 17:13

and made him pass before Samuel: that he might take a full view of him:

and he said, neither hath the Lord chosen this; which he knew by a private suggestion from him.


 
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