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1 Samuel 16:7-9
Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 16:7-9
Christian Standard Bible
7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature because I have rejected him. Humans do not see what the Lord sees,[a] for humans see what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.”(A)
8 Jesse called Abinadab(B) and presented him to Samuel. “The Lord hasn’t chosen this one either,” Samuel said. 9 Then Jesse presented Shammah,(C) but Samuel said, “The Lord hasn’t chosen this one either.”
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- 16:7 LXX reads God does not see as a man sees
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