Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Take not thy handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my grief and provocation have I spoken hitherto.
New American Standard Bible
Do not
King James Version
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
Holman Bible
Don’t think of me as a wicked woman;
International Standard Version
Don't consider your maid servant a worthless woman. Rather, all this time I've been speaking because I'm very anxious and distressed."
A Conservative Version
Count not thy handmaid for an iniquitous woman, for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken until now.
American Standard Version
Count not thy handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto.
Amplified
Do not regard your maidservant as a wicked and worthless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and [bitter] provocation.”
Bible in Basic English
Do not take your servant to be a good-for-nothing woman: for my words have come from my stored-up sorrow and pain.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou wilt not give thy servant before a daughter of Belial, for from the abundance of my complaint and my grief I spoke even till now.
King James 2000
Count not your handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I been speaking.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not regard your female servant as {worthless}, but because of the extent of my worries and my provocation I have spoken all of this."
Modern King James verseion
Do not count your handmaid for a daughter of wickedness, for out of the abundance of my meditation and grief I have spoken until now.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Count not thine handmaid to be like a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my meditation and grief have I spoken hitherto."
NET Bible
Don't consider your servant a wicked woman, for until now I have spoken from my deep pain and anguish."
New Heart English Bible
Do not count your handmaid as a worthless woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my distress and my anguish."
The Emphasized Bible
Do not count thy handmaid for an abandoned woman, - for, out of the abundance of my grief and my vexation, have I spoken, hitherto.
Webster
Count not thy handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
World English Bible
Don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation."
Youngs Literal Translation
put not thy handmaid before a daughter of worthlessness, for from the abundance of my meditation, and of my provocation, I have spoken hitherto.'
Themes
Barrenness » Miraculously removed, instances of » Hannah
Children » In answer to prayer » Hannah
Drunkenness » Falsely accused of » Hannah
Hannah » Her trials and prayer, and promise
Meekness » Instances of » Hannah
Misjudgment » Instances of » Of hannah
Prayer » Answered » Hannah, asking to give birth to a child
Interlinear
Nathan
Paniym
Rob
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 1:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hannah And Eli
15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before Jehovah. 16 Take not thy handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my grief and provocation have I spoken hitherto. 17 And Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition which thou hast asked of him.
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:12
Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 13:13
There are men, children of Belial, gone out from among you, and they have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, whom ye have not known;
1 Samuel 10:27
But the children of Belial said, How should this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no gifts. But he was as one deaf.
1 Samuel 25:25
Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; and I thy handmaid did not see the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
Job 6:2-3
Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
Job 10:1-2
My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Matthew 12:34-35
Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.