1 Samuel 16:7 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 16:7 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָ֜ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל
Shᵉmûwʼêl
H8050
Samuel
אַל
ʼal
H408
not
תַּבֵּ֧ט
nâbaṭ
H5027
to look
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
מַרְאֵ֛הוּ
marʼeh
H4758
sight
וְאֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
גְּבֹ֥הַּ
gâbôahh
H1364
high
קוֹמָת֖וֹ
qôwmâh
H6967
height
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
מְאַסְתִּ֑יהוּ
mâʼaç
H3988
to reject
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
לֹ֗א
lôʼ
H3808
not
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
יִרְאֶה֙
râʼâh
H7200
to see
הָאָדָ֔ם
ʼâdâm
H120
man
כִּ֤י
kîy
H3588
that
הָֽאָדָם֙
ʼâdâm
H120
man
יִרְאֶ֣ה
râʼâh
H7200
to see
לַעֵינַ֔יִם
ʻayin
H5869
eye
וַיהוָ֖ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
יִרְאֶ֥ה
râʼâh
H7200
to see
לַלֵּבָֽב
lêbâb
H3824
heart
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World English Bible Public Domain
But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [Yahweh sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."
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King James Version Public Domain
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, for I have rejected him. For not what man sees, for man looks at the eyes, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).