1 Samuel 4:16
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New International Version (©1984)
He told Eli, "I have just come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day." Eli asked, "What happened, my son?"

New Living Translation (©2007)
He said to Eli, "I have just come from the battlefield--I was there this very day." "What happened, my son?" Eli demanded.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the man said to Eli, “I am he who has come from the battle; I fled from the battle today.” And he said, “How did it go, my son?”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The man said to Eli, "I am the one who came from the battle line. Indeed, I escaped from the battle line today." And he said, "How did things go, my son?"

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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?

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The man told Eli, "I'm the one who came from the battle. I fled from the front line today." "What happened, son?" Eli asked.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?

American King James Version
And the man said to 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?

American Standard Version
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, How went the matter, my son?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to Heli: I am he that came from the battle, and have fled out of the field this day. And he said to him: What is there done, my son?

Darby Bible Translation
And the man said to Eli, I am he that came out of the battle, and I have fled to-day out of the battle. And he said, What has taken place, my son?

English Revised Version
And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, How went the matter, my son?

Webster's Bible Translation
And the man said to 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?

World English Bible
The man said to Eli, "I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army." He said, "How did the matter go, my son?"

Young's Literal Translation
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?'

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army,.... It is very probable that the people Eli inquired of told him there was a messenger come from the army, though they did not choose to relate to him the news he brought:

and I fled today out of the army; so that as he was an eyewitness of what was done in the army, the account he brought was the earliest that could be had, in bringing which he had made great dispatch, having ran perhaps all the way:

and he said, what is there done, my son? has a battle been fought? on which side is the victory? is Israel beaten, or have they conquered? how do things go? he uses the kind and tender appellation, my son, to engage him to tell him all freely and openly.


Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament

When the messenger informed him of the defeat of the Israelites, the death of his sons, and the capture of the ark, at the last news Eli fell back from his seat by the side of the gate, and broke his neck, and died. The loss of the ark was to him the most dreadful of all - more dreadful than the death of his two sons. Eli had judged Israel forty years. The reading twenty in the Septuagint does not deserve the slightest notice, if only because it is perfectly incredible that Eli should have been appointed judge of the nation in his seventy-eight year.


Geneva Study Bible

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?


King James Translators' Notes

is...: Heb. is the thing


Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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 die eternally; may come to an untimely end, yet the end be peace.


1 Samuel 4:17 The man who brought the news replied, "Israel fled before the Philistines, and the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured."
2 Samuel 1:4 "What happened?" David asked. "Tell me." He said, "The men fled from the battle. Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead."

Army Battle Eli Escaped Indeed Line Matter Ranks Today To-Day


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?

What is there done. [heb] What is the thing 2Sa 1:4

my son 1Sa 3:6 Jos 7:19

1 Samuel Chapter 4 Verse 16

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