1 Samuel 1:6 - Plain English Version

⁶ But Penninah used to make fun of her because she had no kids. So Hannah got upset.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ [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)

⁶ And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

Common English Bible

⁶ 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

⁶ And her rival afflicted her and vehemently distressed her, to a great extent, for she rebuked her that the Lord had closed her womb.

1 Samuel 1:6 Cross References

Genesis 30:1

Leah already had 4 kids with Jacob, but her sister Rachel didn’t have any kids. So Rachel got jealous of Leah. Then Rachel said to Jacob, “Give me kids. If you don’t, I will be so sad that I will die.”

1 Samuel 1:7

Every year it was like that. Whenever they went up to God’s house at Shiloh, Penninah used to make fun of Hannah until she cried. She felt so sad she couldn’t eat.