1 Samuel 4:15

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

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Other Translations of 1 Samuel 4:15

King James Version

¹⁵ Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, were dim: Heb. stood that he could not see.

English Standard Version

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

The Message

¹⁵ Eli was ninety-eight years old then, and blind.

New King James Version

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

New Living Translation

¹⁵ who was ninety-eight years old and blind.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 4:15

Commentary on 1 Samuel 4:12-18

(Read 1 Samuel 4:12-18)

The defeat of the army was very grievous to Eli as a judge; the tidings of the death of his two sons, to whom he had been so indulgent, and who, as he had reason to fear, died impenitent, touched him as a father; yet there was a greater concern on his spirit. And when the messenger concluded his story with, "The ark of God is taken," he is struck to the heart, and died immediately. A man may die miserably, yet not die eternally; may come to an untimely end, yet the end be peace.