16The 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?|


In Context

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?|

17 He who brought the news answered, |Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.|

18 It happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died; for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

1 Samuel 4:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:16He told Eli, "I have just come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day." Eli asked, "What happened, my son?"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And 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?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And 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?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And 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?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16And 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?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And 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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16And 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?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16And 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?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And 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?