1 Samuel 16:7
New English Translation
7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t be impressed by[a] his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way people do.[b] People look on the outward appearance,[c] but the Lord looks at the heart.”
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- 1 Samuel 16:7 tn Heb “don’t look toward.”
- 1 Samuel 16:7 tn Heb “for not that which the man sees.” The translation follows the LXX, which reads, “for not as man sees does God see.” The MT has suffered from homoioteleuton or homoioarcton. See P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 274.
- 1 Samuel 16:7 tn Heb “to the eyes.”
1 Samuel 16:7
New International Version
7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance,(A) but the Lord looks at the heart.”(B)
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