Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

His priests fell by the sword,
And His widows could not weep.

King James Version

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

Holman Bible

His priests fell by the sword,
but the widows could not lament.

International Standard Version

The priests fell by the sword, yet their widows couldn't weep.

A Conservative Version

Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.

American Standard Version

Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.

Amplified


His priests [Hophni and Phinehas] fell by the sword,
And His widows could not weep.

Bible in Basic English

Their priests were put to death by the sword, and their widows made no weeping for them.

Darby Translation

Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.

Julia Smith Translation

His priests fell by the sword, and his widows wept not

King James 2000

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

Lexham Expanded Bible

His priests fell by the sword, and his widows did not weep.

Modern King James verseion

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows were not able to weep.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Their priests were slain with the sword, and there were no widows to made lamentation.

NET Bible

Their priests fell by the sword, but their widows did not weep.

New Heart English Bible

Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn't weep.

The Emphasized Bible

His priests, by the sword, did fall, And, his widows, were not able to bewail.

Webster

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

World English Bible

Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn't weep.

Youngs Literal Translation

His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.

Context Readings

Lessons From Israel's Past

63 Fire consumed his best young men, so his virgins were not given in marriage. 64 His priests fell by the sword,
And His widows could not weep.
65 Jehovah woke up like one who had been sleeping, like a warrior sobering up from too much wine.


Cross References

1 Samuel 4:17

The messenger answered: Israel ran away from the Philistines. It was a great slaughter and a terrible defeat for us! Besides that, your sons Hophni and Phinehas were killed, and God's Ark of the Covenant was captured!

Job 27:15

The plague will bury those who survive him. Their widows will not weep for them.

1 Samuel 4:11

The Ark of the Covenant was captured. Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Ezekiel 24:23

'Your turbans will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet. You will not mourn and you will not weep. You will rot away in your iniquities and you will groan to one another.

1 Samuel 2:33-34

Yet I will keep one of your descendants alive. He will serve me as priest. But he will become blind and lose all hope. All your other descendants will die in the prime of life.

1 Samuel 4:19-20

Eli's daughter-in-law the wife of Phinehas was pregnant. It was almost time for her baby to be born. When she heard that God's Ark of the Covenant was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she suddenly went into labor and gave birth.

1 Samuel 22:18-19

The king said to Doeg: You turn around and attack the priests. Doeg the Edomite turned around and attacked the priests. That day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

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