14Eli heard the outcry and asked, "What is the meaning of this uproar?" The man hurried over to Eli,


In Context

11 The ark of God was captured, and Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

12 That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line and went to Shiloh, his clothes torn and dust on his head.

13 When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair by the side of the road, watching, because his heart feared for the ark of God. When the man entered the town and told what had happened, the whole town sent up a cry.

14 Eli heard the outcry and asked, "What is the meaning of this uproar?" The man hurried over to Eli,

15 who was ninety-eight years old and whose eyes were set so that he could not see.

16 He told Eli, "I have just come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day." Eli asked, "What happened, my son?"

1st Samuel 4:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:14And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What [meaneth] the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:14And Heli heard the noise of the cry, and he said: What meaneth the noise of this uproar? But he made haste, and came, and told Heli.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:14And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man hasted, and came and told Eli.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:14And Eli heard the noise of the crying, and said, What is the noise of this tumult? And the man came hastily, and told Eli.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:14And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man hasted and came and told Eli.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:14And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:14When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, |What does the noise of this tumult mean?| The man hurried, and came and told Eli.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:14And 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:14And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What means the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.