1 Samuel 4:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.”
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“Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were set, so that he could not see.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Eli is a son of ninety and eight years, and his eyes have stood, and he hath not been able to see.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 4:15 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 27:1When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
- 1 Samuel 3:2And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
- 1 Kings 14:4Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.
- Psalms 90:10The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
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