4:16 The man said to Eli, “I am the one who came from the battle lines! Just today I fled from the battle lines!” Eli 1 asked, “How did things go, my son?”
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Or “righteous” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “you are in the right”; NLT “are a better man than I am.”