Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Eli heard the outcry and asked, “What is the meaning of this uproar?” The man hurried over to Eli, New Living Translation “What is all the noise about?” Eli asked. The messenger rushed over to Eli, English Standard Version When Eli heard the sound of the outcry, he said, “What is this uproar?” Then the man hurried and came and told Eli. Berean Standard Bible Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli. King James 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. New King James Version When Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said, “What does the sound of this tumult mean?” And the man came quickly and told Eli. New American Standard Bible When Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said, “What does the noise of this commotion mean?” Then the man came hurriedly and told Eli. NASB 1995 When Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said, “What does the noise of this commotion mean?” Then the man came hurriedly and told Eli. NASB 1977 When Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said, “What does the noise of this commotion mean?” Then the man came hurriedly and told Eli. Legacy Standard Bible Then Eli heard the noise of the outcry, and he said, “What does the noise of this commotion mean?” So the man came hurriedly and told Eli. Amplified Bible When Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he asked, “What is the noise of this uproar?” And the man came hurriedly and told Eli. Christian Standard Bible Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion? ” The man quickly came and reported to Eli. Holman Christian Standard Bible Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” The man quickly came and reported to Eli. 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. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Hearing the cry, Eli asked, "What is this commotion?" So the man went quickly to tell Eli the news. Good News Translation Eli heard the noise and asked, "What is all this noise about?" The man hurried to Eli to tell him the news. ( International Standard Version Eli heard the sound of the cry and asked, "What is the meaning of this commotion?" Then the man quickly came and told Eli. Majority Standard Bible Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli. NET Bible When Eli heard the outcry, he said, "What is this commotion?" The man quickly came and told Eli. New Heart 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd Eli hears the noise of the cry and says, “What [is] the noise of this tumult?” And the man hurried, and comes in, and tells Eli. 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. Smith's Literal Translation And Eli will hear the voice of the cry, and will say, What the voice of this noise? And the man hastened, and he will go in and announce to Eli. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd Heli heard the noise of the cry, and he said: What meaneth the noise of this uproar? But he made haste, and came, and told Heli. Catholic Public Domain Version And Eli heard the sound of the outcry, and he said, “What is this sound, this tumult?” And the man hurried, and he went and announced it to Eli. New American Bible When Eli heard the uproar, he wondered why there was such commotion. Just then the man rushed up to inform him. New Revised Standard Version When Eli heard the sound of the outcry, he said, “What is this uproar?” Then the man came quickly and told Eli. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd when Eli heard the noise of crying, he said, What is this noise of tumult? And the man came in hastily and told Eli. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Eli heard the sound of the wailing and he said: “What is this sound of tumult?” And the man hurried and came and he told Eli OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said: 'What meaneth the noise of this tumult?' And the man made haste, and came and told Eli. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Heli heard the sound of the cry, and said, What is the voice of this cry? and the men hasted and went in, and reported to Heli. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Death of Eli…13When 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. 14Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli. 15Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.… Cross References 1 Samuel 3:11-14 Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle. / On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end. / I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them. ... 1 Samuel 2:27-36 Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house? / And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites. / Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’ ... 1 Samuel 7:12-14 Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.” / So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. / The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites. 1 Samuel 2:12-17 Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD / or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling / and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh. ... 1 Samuel 2:22-25 Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. / “Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people. / No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people. ... 1 Samuel 2:30-31 Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained. / Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no one in it will reach old age. 1 Samuel 3:18 So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.” 1 Samuel 8:1-3 When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel. / The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba. / But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice. 1 Kings 2:27 So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli. Psalm 78:60-64 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men. / He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary. / He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage. ... Jeremiah 7:12-14 But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel. / And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer, / therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers. Lamentations 2:7 The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast. Ezekiel 9:5-6 And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone! / Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple. Hosea 4:6-9 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. / The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace. / They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity. ... Matthew 24:2 “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” Treasury of Scripture And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What means the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli. What meaneth 1 Samuel 4:6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp. Jump to Previous Commotion Cries Cry Crying Declareth Eli Haste Hasted Hastened Hastily Heard Heareth Hearing Hurried Hurriedly Mean Meaneth Meaning Means News Noise Outcry Quickly Reason Sound Tumult UproarJump to Next Commotion Cries Cry Crying Declareth Eli Haste Hasted Hastened Hastily Heard Heareth Hearing Hurried Hurriedly Mean Meaneth Meaning Means News Noise Outcry Quickly Reason Sound Tumult Uproar1 Samuel 4 1. The Israelites are overcome by the Philistines at Ebenezer3. They fetch the ark unto the terror of the Philistines 10. They are smitten again, the ark taken, and Hophni and Phinehas are slain 12. Eli at the news, falling backward, breaks his neck 19. Phinehas's wife, discouraged in her travail with Ichabod, dies When Eli heard the outcry The phrase "Eli heard the outcry" signifies a moment of great distress and urgency. Eli, the high priest and judge of Israel, is depicted as a figure of authority and spiritual leadership. The Hebrew root for "heard" (שָׁמַע, shama) implies not just the act of hearing but also understanding and perceiving the gravity of the situation. The "outcry" (זְעָקָה, zeakah) suggests a loud, desperate cry, often associated with calamity or disaster. Historically, this reflects the tumultuous period of the Judges, where Israel faced constant threats from surrounding nations, particularly the Philistines. Eli's hearing of the outcry is symbolic of the spiritual and moral decline of Israel, as the nation cries out in distress due to its disobedience and the impending loss of the Ark of the Covenant. he asked, 'Why this commotion?' So the man hurried over and reported to Eli Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Eliעֵלִי֙ (‘ê·lî) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 5941: Eli -- a priest at Shiloh heard וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע (way·yiš·ma‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently the outcry ק֣וֹל (qō·wl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6963: A voice, sound and asked, וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Why מֶ֛ה (meh) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what this הַזֶּ֑ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that commotion?” הֶהָמ֖וֹן (he·hā·mō·wn) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1995: A noise, tumult, crowd, disquietude, wealth So the man וְהָאִ֣ישׁ (wə·hā·’îš) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person hurried over מִהַ֔ר (mi·har) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4116: To be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly and reported וַיַּגֵּ֥ד (way·yag·gêḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous to Eli. לְעֵלִֽי׃ (lə·‘ê·lî) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 5941: Eli -- a priest at Shiloh Links 1 Samuel 4:14 NIV1 Samuel 4:14 NLT 1 Samuel 4:14 ESV 1 Samuel 4:14 NASB 1 Samuel 4:14 KJV 1 Samuel 4:14 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 4:14 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 4:14 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 4:14 French Bible 1 Samuel 4:14 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 4:14 When Eli heard the noise (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) |
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