Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath Jehovah chosen this.
WEB
Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
YLT
And Jesse causeth Shammah to pass by, and he saith, `Also on this Jehovah hath not fixed.'
DBT
Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, Neither has Jehovah chosen this one.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.
- Author
- Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
- Date
- Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy