1 Samuel 4:14
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.
In context
12 That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
13 When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
14 Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.
15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.
16 “I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
1 Samuel 4:14 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.
- KJV King James Version
- And 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Eli heard the noise of the crying, and said, What is the noise of this tumult? And the man came hastily, and told Eli.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And 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.