1 Samuel 4:15

In 11 translations

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.were dim: Heb. stood

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.

LSV

And Eli is a son of ninety-eight years, and his eyes have stood, and he has not been able to 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.

DBY

Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, that he could not see.

DRC

Now Heli was ninety and eight years old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see.

GNV

(Nowe Eli was fourescore and eighteene yeere olde, and his eyes were dimme that hee could not see)

JPS

Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were set, that he could not see.

LXXE

Now Heli was ninety years old, and his eyes were fixed, and he saw not.Gr. a son of ninety years.Gr. rose up. Heb. קמה rose or stood.

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WLC

וְעֵלִ֕י בֶּן־תִּשְׁעִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖ה שָׁנָ֑ה וְעֵינָ֣יו קָ֔מָה וְלֹ֥א יָכ֖וֹל לִרְאֽוֹת׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ Ἡλὶ υἱὸς ἐνενήκοντα ἐτῶν, καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπανέστησαν, καὶ οὐκ ἐπέβλεπε. Καὶ εἶπεν Ἡλὶ τοῖς ἀνδράσιν τοῖς περιεστηκόσιν αὐτῷ, τίς ἡ φωνὴ τοῦ ἤχου τούτου;

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• 1 Samuel 3:2And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
• 1 Kings 14:4Jeroboam’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.
• Psalms 90:10The 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.
• Genesis 27:1When 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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