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When they came,[a] he[b] saw Eliab and said, “Surely his anointed one is before Yahweh!” But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For God does not see what man sees, for a man looks on the outward appearance,[c] but Yahweh looks on the heart.”[d] Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel, and he said, “This one also Yahweh has not chosen.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 16:6 Literally “And it happened at their coming”
  2. 1 Samuel 16:6 That is, Samuel
  3. 1 Samuel 16:7 Literally “sees as far as the eyes”
  4. 1 Samuel 16:7 Literally “sees as far as the heart”