1 Samuel 1:16 - Plain English Version

¹⁶ Please don’t call me no good. I am properly sad. I want God to help me.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Regard not your handmaid as a wicked woman; for out of my great complaint and bitter provocation I have been speaking.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Count not thy handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Don’t think your servant is some good-for-nothing woman. This whole time I’ve been praying out of my great worry and trouble!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ You should not repute your handmaid as one of the daughters of Belial. For I have been speaking from the abundance of my sorrow and grief, even until now."

1 Samuel 1:16 Cross References

1 Samuel 1:15

Hannah answered, “No, old man. I’m not drunk. I haven’t drunk any wine at all. I’m a sad woman. I talked to God, and I told him my story.

1 Samuel 1:17

Eli said, “Don’t worry. Go now. We Israel mob follow a good God. He will do whatever you ask him.”

1 Samuel 2:12

Eli’s 2 sons both looked after God’s ceremonies, but they were no good. They didn’t respect God.

1 Samuel 25:25

Do not listen to that no good man. That name Nabal means stupid one. He’s always like that. You see, I was not there, at the time your workers came to our place.