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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)

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Footnotes

  1. 16:7 LXX reads God does not see as a man sees

30 may you hear in heaven, your dwelling place,
and may you forgive and give to everyone[a]
according to all their ways, since you know each heart,
for you alone know the human heart,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:30 Lit give for the man

21 wouldn’t God have found this out,
since he knows the secrets of the heart?(A)

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24 Then they prayed,(A) ‘You, Lord, know everyone’s hearts; show which of these two you have chosen(B)

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