1 Samuel 4:15 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Now Eli was 98 years old; his eyes were dim so that he could not see.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Now Eli was 98 years old, and his eyes stared straight ahead, unable to see.)

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes had dimmed, so that he was not able to see.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ Now Heli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, and he could not see.

1 Samuel 4:15 Cross References

Genesis 27:1

When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son, and said to him, “My son”; and he answered, “Here I am.”

1 Kings 14:4

Jeroboam's wife did so; she arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.

Psalm 90:10

The years of our life are threescore and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.

1 Samuel 3:2

At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place;

1 Samuel 4:14

When Eli heard the sound of the outcry, he said, “What is this uproar?” Then the man hastened and came and told Eli.