KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Samuel 1:16
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do not take your servant for a wicked woman, for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
WEB 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.”
ASV 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.
YLT Young’s 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.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 1
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].
19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אַל־H408 · alnotתִּתֵּן֙H5414 · na.tanto give: giveאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔H519 · a.mahmaidservantלִפְנֵ֖יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeבַּת־H1323 · batdaughterבְּלִיָּ֑עַלH1100 · be.liy.ya.alBelialכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforמֵרֹ֥בH7230 · rovabundanceשִׂיחִ֛יH7879 · si.achcomplaintוְכַעְסִ֖יH3708 · ka.asvexationדִּבַּ֥רְתִּיH1696 · da.varto speak: speakעַד־H5704 · adtillהֵֽנָּה׃H2008 · hen.nahhere/thus
Cross-references
1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli [were] sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.Job 10:1-2My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.Matthew 12:34-35O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.Job 6:2-3Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!1 Samuel 10:27But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.1 Samuel 25:25Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, [even] Nabal: for as his name [is], so [is] he; Nabal [is] his name, and folly [is] with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.Deuteronomy 13:13[Certain] men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
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