Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And Eli is a son of ninety and eight years, and his eyes have stood, and he hath not been able to see.
New American Standard Bible
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and
King James Version
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
Holman Bible
At that time Eli was 98 years old, and his gaze was fixed
International Standard Version
Now Eli was 98 years old, and his vision had failed.
A Conservative Version
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were dim so that he could not see.
American Standard Version
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were set, so that he could not see.
Amplified
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; his eyes were dim so that he could not see.
Bible in Basic English
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were fixed so that he was not able to see.
Darby Translation
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, that he could not see.
Julia Smith Translation
And Eli the son of ninety and eight years; and his eyes standing, and he will not be able to see.
King James 2000
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now Eli [was] {ninety-eight years old} and his eyes {stayed fixed ahead} and he was not able to see.
Modern King James verseion
And Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were set so that he could not see.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Eli was four score and eighteen years old, and his sight failed him that he could not see.
NET Bible
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes looked straight ahead; he was unable to see.
New Heart English Bible
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, so that he could not see.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, Eli, was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were fixed, that he could not see.
Webster
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
World English Bible
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, so that he could not see.
Themes
Ark » In the tabernacle. Called the ark » Taken to battle
Blindness » Instances of » Eli
Eli » His solicitude for the ark
Long life » Examples of vigorous » Dimness of vision, in
Longevity » Instances of » Eli, ninety-eight years
Old age » Examples of vigorous » Dimness of vision, in
Parents » Involved in children's wickedness
Vision » Of Christ, full of compassion » Dimness of vision in old age
Interlinear
Shaneh (in pl. only),
`ayin
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 4:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eli's Death And Ichabod's Birth
14 And Eli heareth the noise of the cry, and saith, 'What -- the noise of this tumult!' And the man hasted, and cometh in, and declareth to Eli. 15 And Eli is a son of ninety and eight years, and his eyes have stood, and he hath not been able to see. 16 And the man saith unto Eli, 'I am he who hath come out of the ranks, and I out of the ranks have fled to-day;' and he saith, 'What hath been the matter, my son?'
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 3:2
And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Eli is lying down in his place, and his eyes have begun to be dim -- he is not able to see.
Genesis 27:1
And it cometh to pass that Isaac is aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, 'My son;' and he saith unto him, 'Here am I.'
1 Kings 14:4
And the wife of Jeroboam doth so, and riseth, and goeth to Shiloh, and entereth the house of Ahijah, and Ahijah is not able to see, for his eyes have stood because of his age.
Psalm 90:10
Days of our years, in them are seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet is their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.