1 Samuel 1:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ And she said, “Let your servant find favor in your sight.” Then the woman went her way and ate and drank with her husband, and her countenance was sad no longer.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Hannah said, Let your handmaid find grace in your sight. So [she] went her way and ate, her countenance no longer sad.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And she said, Let thy handmaid find favor in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat; and her countenance was no more sad.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ “Please think well of me, your servant,” Hannah said. Then the woman went on her way, ate some food, and wasn’t sad any longer.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And she said, "I wish that your handmaid may find grace in your eyes." And the woman went on her way, and she ate, and her countenance was no longer changed for the worse.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And she said: Would to God thy handmaid may find grace in thy eyes. So the woman went on her way, and ate, and her countenance was no more changed.

1 Samuel 1:18 Cross References

Genesis 32:5

and I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male and female slaves, and I have sent to tell my lord, in order that I may find favor in your sight.’ ”

Genesis 32:6

The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”

Genesis 33:15

So Esau said, “Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.” But he said, “Why should my lord be so kind to me?”

Genesis 33:8

Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company that I met?” Jacob answered, “To find favor with my lord.”

Psalm 34:6

This poor soul cried and was heard by the Lord and was saved from every trouble.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go, eat your bread with enjoyment and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has long ago approved what you do.

John 16:24

Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

Romans 15:13

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Ruth 2:13

Then she said, “May I continue to find favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, even though I am not one of your servants.”

Ruth 2:2

And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain behind someone in whose sight I may find favor.” She said to her, “Go, my daughter.”