KJV King James Version
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant [thee] thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
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1 Samuel 1:17
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant [thee] thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
WEB World English Bible
Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.”
ASV American Standard Version
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Eli answereth and saith, ‘Go in peace, and the God of Israel doth give thy petition which thou hast asked of Him.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 1
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.
20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of the LORD.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּ֧עַןH6030 · unto dwellעֵלִ֛יH5941 · e.liEliוַיֹּ֖אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayלְכִ֣יH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentלְשָׁל֑וֹםH7965 · sha.lompeaceוֵאלֹהֵ֣יH430 · e.lo.himGodיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelיִתֵּן֙H5414 · na.tanto give: giveאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שֵׁ֣לָתֵ֔ךְH7596 · she.e.lahpetitionאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichשָׁאַ֖לְתְּH7592 · sha.alto askמֵעִמּֽוֹ׃H5973 · imwith
Cross-references
Mark 5:34And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.Judges 18:6And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD [is] your way wherein ye go.Psalm 20:3-5Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.1 Samuel 25:35So David received of her hand [that] which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.2 Kings 5:19And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.Luke 7:50And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep [me] from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.Luke 8:48And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.1 Samuel 29:7Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
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