1Sa 4:15
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. {were dim: Heb. stood}
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And it came to pass at that time, when Eli {was} laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, {that} he could not see;
And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age. {were...: Heb. stood for his hoariness}
The days of our years {are} threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength {they be} fourscore years, yet {is} their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. {The days...: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years}
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, {here am} I.
And it came to pass at that time, when Eli {was} laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, {that} he could not see;
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age. {were...: Heb. stood for his hoariness}
Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, {so that} he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. {dim: Heb. heavy}
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto {this} generation, {and} thy power to every one {that} is to come. {when...: Heb. unto old age and gray hairs} {thy strength: Heb. thine arm}