1 Samuel 4:16
1 Samuel 4:12-16 The Message (MSG)
Immediately, a Benjaminite raced from the front lines back to Shiloh. Shirt torn and face smeared with dirt, he entered the town. Eli was sitting on his stool beside the road keeping vigil, for he was extremely worried about the Chest of God. When the man ran straight into town to tell the bad news, everyone wept. They were appalled. Eli heard the loud wailing and asked, “Why this uproar?” The messenger hurried over and reported. Eli was ninety-eight years old then, and blind. The man said to Eli, “I’ve just come from the front, barely escaping with my life.” “And so, my son,” said Eli, “what happened?”
1 Samuel 4:16 King James Version (KJV)
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?
1 Samuel 4:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
The man said to Eli, “I am the one who came from the battle line. Indeed, I escaped from the battle line today.” And he said, “How did things go, my son?”
1 Samuel 4:16 New Century Version (NCV)
The Benjaminite told him, “I have come from the battle. I ran all the way here today.” Eli asked, “What happened, my son?”
1 Samuel 4:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
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?
1 Samuel 4:16 New International Version (NIV)
He told Eli, “I have just come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day.” Eli asked, “What happened, my son?”
1 Samuel 4:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
Then the man said to Eli, “I am he who came from the battle. And I fled today from the battle line.” And he said, “What happened, my son?”
1 Samuel 4:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
The man said to Eli, “I have come from the battle line. Indeed, I escaped from the battle line today.” Eli said, “How did things go, my son?”