1 Samuel 16:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.””
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“Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and thou hast called for Jesse in the sacrifice, and I cause thee to know that which thou dost do, and thou hast anointed to Me him of whom I speak unto thee.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 16:3 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 4:15You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
- Deuteronomy 17:14When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”
- Deuteronomy 17:15you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.
- 1 Samuel 9:12“Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.
- 1 Samuel 9:16“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
- 1 Samuel 16:12So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”
- 2 Samuel 15:11Two hundred men from Jerusalem accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and they went along innocently, for they knew nothing about the matter.
- Matthew 22:1Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:
- Acts 9:6“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
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