1 Samuel 1:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And her rival provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

[This embarrassed and grieved Hannah] and her rival provoked her greatly to vex her, because the Lord had left her childless.

American Standard Version (1901)

And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

Common English Bible

And because the LORD had kept Hannah from conceiving, her rival would make fun of her mercilessly, just to bother her.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And her rival afflicted her and vehemently distressed her, to a great extent, for she rebuked her that the Lord had closed her womb.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Her rival also afflicted her, and troubled her exceedingly, insomuch that she upbraided her, that the Lord had shut up her womb.

1 Samuel 1:6 Cross References

Genesis 30:1

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

2 Samuel 6:23

And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.

Job 24:21

He devoureth the barren that beareth not; And doeth not good to the widow.

Job 6:14

To him that is ready to faint kindness should be shewed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

Leviticus 18:18

And thou shalt not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

Judges 11:37

And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

1 Samuel 1:7

And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

1 Samuel 2:1

And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exulteth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.