KJV King James Version
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 the LORD.
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1 Samuel 1:15
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 the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
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 I poured out my soul before Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Hannah answereth and saith, ‘No, my lord, A woman sharply pained in spirit I am, and wine and strong drink I have not drunk, and I pour out my soul before Jehovah;
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 1
12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.
13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
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 the LORD.
16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant [thee] thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more [sad].
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתַּ֨עַןH6030 · unto dwellחַנָּ֤הH2584 · chan.nahHannahוַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙H559 · a.marto sayלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotאֲדֹנִ֔יH113 · a.donlordאִשָּׁ֤הH802 · ish.shahwomanקְשַׁת־H7186 · qa.shehsevereר֙וּחַ֙H7307 · ru.achspiritאָנֹ֔כִיH595 · a.no.khiIוְיַ֥יִןH3196 · ya.yinwineוְשֵׁכָ֖רH7941 · she.kharstrong drinkלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotשָׁתִ֑יתִיH8354 · sha.tahto drinkוָאֶשְׁפֹּ֥ךְH8210 · sha.phakhto pour: pourאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]נַפְשִׁ֖יH5315 · ne.pheshsoulלִפְנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeיְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
Psalm 62:8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.Psalm 42:4When I remember these [things], I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.Psalm 142:2-3I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.Psalm 143:6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.Job 30:16And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.Proverbs 25:15By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
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