1 Samuel 4:15
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
1 Samuel 4:15 in other translations
| BSB | Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see. |
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| WEB | Now Eli was ninety-eight years old. His eyes were set, so that he could not see. |
| ASV | Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were set, so that he could not see. |
| YLT | And Eli is a son of ninety and eight years, and his eyes have stood, and he hath not been able to see. |
| DARBY | Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, that he could not see. |
| BBE | Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were fixed so that he was not able to see. |
| Webster | Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. |
What does 1 Samuel 4:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 4:13-18
13-18. Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside--The aged priest, as a public magistrate, used, in dispensing justice, to seat himself daily in a spacious recess at the entrance gate of the city. In his intense anxiety to learn the issue of the battle, he took up his usual place as the most convenient for meeting with passers-by. His seat was an official chair, similar to those of the ancient Egyptian judges, richly…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 4:12-18
The defeat of the army was very grievous to Eli as a judge; the tidings of the death of his two sons, to whom he had been so indulgent, and who, as he had reason to fear, died impenitent, touched him as a father; yet there was a greater concern on his spirit. And when the messenger concluded his story with, "The ark of God is taken," he is struck to the heart, and died immediately. A man may die miserably, yet not…
1 Samuel 4:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 4:15
- 1 Samuel 3:2
And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
- Psalms 90:10
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
- Genesis 27:1
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
- 1 Kings 14:4
And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
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Context
- 1 Samuel 4:14
And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
- 1 Samuel 4:15
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
- 1 Samuel 4:16
And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
1 Samuel 4:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Era ya Eli de edad de noventa y ocho años, y sus ojos se habían entenebrecido, de modo que no podía ver. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Or Éli était âgé de 98 ans, et il avait les yeux fixes et il ne pouvait voir. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Eli aber war 98 Jahre alt, und seine Augen waren starr, und er konnte nicht sehen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Heli autem erat nonaginta et octo annorum, et oculi ejus caligaverant, et videre non poterat. |