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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BSBPD

“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)
KJVPD

“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
ASVPD

“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
YLTPD

“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 Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Samuel 16:3 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. 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,”
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.”
  6. 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.”
  7. 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.
  8. Matthew 22:1Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:
  9. Acts 9:6“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

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