1 Samuël 4:14

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

en toen Eli het geschreeuw hoorde, zeide hij tot de omstanders: Wat is dat voor een geraas? Intussen haastte zich de man om Eli bericht te komen brengen.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
En toen Eli dat luid gejammer hoorde, vroeg hij: Wat is dat voor een luid gerucht? Toen kwam de man schielijk en maakte het ook aan Eli bekend.

Staten Vertaling
En als Eli de stem des geroeps hoorde, zo zeide hij: Wat is de stem dezer beroerte? Toen haastte zich die man, en hij kwam en boodschapte het aan Eli.

Bible Verse Review
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What meaneth: 1 Samuel 4:6

Reciprocal: Esther 4:3 - great mourning Jeremiah 48:19 - ask

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when Eli heard the noise of the crying,.... The shrieks of the men and women, which were very clamorous and terrible. Eli had his hearing, though not his sight; he could not see the distress in their countenances, but he heard the lamentations they made:

and said, what meaneth the noise of this tumult? it seems the people ran about, wringing their hands, and making doleful shrieks; the noise of which Eli heard, and the meaning of which he inquired after, or what should be the cause of it:

and the man came in hastily, and told Eli; or made haste, and came to him, and related all that is later expressed; for Eli was not in any house, but on a seat by the way side, and therefore could not be said to come "in" to him; but he came to him, where he was, being brought by some of the citizens Eli had inquired of what should be the meaning of this noise; and therefore without delay the man was hastened to give the whole account unto him, as it was highly proper he should, being the supreme magistrate.