1 Samuel 4:16 - Plain English Version

¹⁶ The man ran over to Eli and said, “Old man, I ran away from the fighting.” The old man asked, “What happened?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ The man said to Eli, I have come from the battle; I fled from the battle today. Eli said, How did it go, my son?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And 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?

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The man told Eli, “I’m the one who just came from the battle. I fled from the battle today.” “What’s the report, my son?” Eli asked.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And he said to Eli: "I am the one who came from the battle. And it is I who fled from the troops today." And he said to him, "What has happened, my son?"

1 Samuel 4:16 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:4

David asked him, “What happened in that fight? Tell me.” He answered, “The Philistia mob killed dead lots of our soldiers, and our other soldiers ran away. Saul and his son Jonathan died too.” (We have not yet translated 1:5-10.)

1 Samuel 3:6

Then God called out again, “Samuel.” So the boy got up again and went to Eli and said, “Yes? What is it? You called out to me.” The old man said, “No, boy, I didn’t call out to you. Go back and lie down.”

1 Samuel 4:17

He answered, “We Israel mob ran away from the Philistia mob. They killed dead lots of our soldiers, and your 2 sons are dead too. And they even stole God’s special box from us.”