1 Samuel 1:10
8 “Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
9 So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
11 And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head.”
12 As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.
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Compare
- BSB
- In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
- KJV
- And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
- WEB
- She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly.
- ASV
- And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto Jehovah, and wept sore.
- DARBY
- and she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Jehovah, and wept much.
- BLB
- And she [was] bitter of soul, and she prayed to YHWH and wept bitterly.
- ÅB
- og i sin hjertesorg ba hun til Herren og gråt sårt.
- OTB
- Hanna var dypt bedrøvet, og hun ba til Herren mens hun gråt bittert.
- B1930
- og i sin hjertesorg bad hun til Herren og gråt sårt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 7:11
Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Read in contextJob 10:1
“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Read in contextLuke 22:44
And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
Read in contextPsalms 91:15
When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
Read in contextHebrews 5:7
During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
Read in contextIsaiah 54:6
For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.
Read in contextJudges 21:2
So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
Read in contextPsalms 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
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