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.


In Context

11 The ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

12 There ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn, and with earth on his head.

13 When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.

14 When 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.

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

16 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?|

1 Samuel 4:14 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:14Eli heard the outcry and asked, "What is the meaning of this uproar?" The man hurried over to Eli,

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 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.