Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Do not consider your maidservant as a worthless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and provocation.”

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; I’ve been praying from the depth of my anguish and resentment.”

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.

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.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

אמה 
'amah 
Usage: 56

for
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

בּת 
Bath 
Usage: 587

of Belial
בּליּעל 
B@liya`al 
Usage: 27

of my complaint
שׂיח 
Siyach 
Usage: 14

and grief
כּעשׂ כּעס 
Ka`ac 
Usage: 25

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

References

Context Readings

Hannah And Eli

15 No, I am not drunk, she answered. I have not been drinking! I am desperate. I have prayed and poured out my troubles to Jehovah. 16 Do not consider your maidservant as a worthless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and provocation.” 17 Eli answered: Go in peace. May the God of Israel give you what you have asked of him.

Cross References

1 Samuel 2:12

The sons of Eli were corrupt. They did not know Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 13:13

some worthless men have gone out from among you and have mislead the inhabitants of their city, saying: Let us go and serve other gods you have not known.

1 Samuel 10:27

Some good-for-nothing people asked: How can this man save us? They despised him and would not bring him presents. He did not respond.

1 Samuel 25:25

You should not take this worthless person Nabal seriously. He is like his name. His name is Nabal (Godless Fool). He is foolish. But I did not see the young men you sent.

Job 6:2-3

If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!

Job 10:1-2

I loathe my very life. I will therefore give free rein to my complaint and speak out in my bitterness.

Matthew 12:34-35

You offspring of vipers. How can you who are evil speak good things? Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

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