Parallel Verses
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."
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.
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.
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.
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 But Hannah answered and said, "No, my lord. I am a woman {deeply distressed}, but I have not drunk wine [or] strong drink. [Rather], I have poured out my soul before Yahweh. 16 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." 17 Then Eli answered and said, "Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant your request that you have asked of him."
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:12
Now the sons of Eli [were] {worthless scoundrels}; they did not know Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 13:13
{worthless men} have gone out from your midst and have seduced the inhabitants of their town, {saying}, 'Let us go and serve other gods!' whom you have not known,
1 Samuel 10:27
However, some {worthless men} said, "How can this [man] deliver us?" So they despised him and brought no gift to him, but he kept silent.
1 Samuel 25:25
Please do not let my lord set his heart against {this worthless man}, Nabal; for as his name, so [is] he. Nabal [is] his name, and stupidity [is] with him! But I, your female servant, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.
Job 6:2-3
"If only my vexation could be well weighed, and my calamity could be lifted up together [with it] in [the] balances,
Job 10:1-2
"My inner self loathes my life; {I want to give vent to my complaint}; I want to speak out of [the] bitterness of my inner self.
Matthew 12:34-35
Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say good things [when you] are evil? For from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.