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1 Samuel 4:15

Eli

13 When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.

14 Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.

Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.

16 “I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.

17 The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

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BSB
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.
KJV
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
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.
DARBY
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, that he could not see.
BLB
And Eli [was] a son of ninety-eight years, and his eyes stood, and he could not see.
ÅB
Eli var da åtte og nitti år gammel, og hans øyne var stive - han kunne ikke se.
OTB
Eli var nittifem år gammel, og øynene hans var så svake at han ikke kunne se.
B1930
Eli var da åtte og nitti år gammel, og hans øine var stive - han kunde ikke se.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 3:2

    And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.

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  • Psalms 90:10

    The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

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  • Genesis 27:1

    When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.

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  • 1 Kings 14:4

    Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.

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