Isai therefore brought his seven sons before Samuel: and Samuel said to Isai: The Lord hath not chosen any one of these.

And Jesse causeth seven of his sons to pass by before Samuel, and Samuel saith to Jesse, 'Jehovah hath not fixed on these.'

And Jesse made his seven sons come before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not taken any of these.

And so Jesse brought his seven sons before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, "The Lord has not chosen any of these."

Seven - i. e., including the three who had already passed. It appears that Jesse had eight sons; but in 1-Chronicles 2:13-15, only seven are ascribed to him.

Seven of his sons - This certainly was not done publicly; Samuel, Jesse, and his children, must have been in a private apartment, previously to the public feast on the sacrifice; for Samuel says, 1-Samuel 16:11, We will not sit down till he (David) come.

Again Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel,.... Not seven more, for he had but eight sons in all with David, 1-Samuel 17:12 but four more, which with the other three made seven; three of these four are mentioned by name, Nathanael, Raddai, and Ozem, 1-Chronicles 2:14, but the fourth we nowhere read of; perhaps he died quickly after this, was an obscure person, and of no fame and note, or might be by another woman:
and Samuel said unto Jesse, the Lord hath not chosen these; not anyone of them.

Seven - There are but seven named, 1-Chronicles 2:13-15, because one of them was either born of a concubine: or, died immediately after this time.