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1 Samuel 4:17

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 17 So the bearer of the news related: “Israel has fled from the Phi·lisʹtines, and there was a great defeat among the people;+ also your own two sons, Hophʹni and Phinʹe·has, have died,+ and the Ark of the true God has been captured.”+

1 Samuel 4:17

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 17 So the bearer of the news related: “Israel has fled from the Phi·lisʹtines, and there was a great defeat among the people;+ also your own two sons, Hophʹni and Phinʹe·has, have died,+ and the Ark of the true God has been captured.”+

1 Samuel 4:17

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 17 So the news bearer answered and said: “Israel has fled before the Phi·lisʹtines, and there has also occurred a great defeat among the people;+ and also your own two sons have died—Hophʹni and Phinʹe·has+—and the very ark of the [true] God has been captured.”+

1 Samuel 4:17

The Bible in Living English
- 17 * And the man with the news answered “The Israelites ran before the Philistines, and there was a great slaughter of our men too, and both your sons are killed too, and the ark of God is taken.”

1 Samuel 4:17

American Standard Version
- 17 And he that brought the tidings answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

1 Samuel 4:17

King James Version
- 17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.