1 Samuel 1:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ Moreover, her rival also provoked her greatly, to make her irritable, because יהוה  had shut up her womb.

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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

And when Raḥ

2 Samuel 6:23

And Miḵ

Job 24:21

treating evil the barren who does not bear, and does no good for the widow.

Job 6:14

To a despiser of friends: shame! For he is forsaking the fear of the Almighty.

Leviticus 18:18

‘And do not take a woman as a rival to her sister, to uncover her nakedness while the other is alive.

Judges 11:37

And she said to her father, “Let this be done for me: let me alone for two months, and let me go and wander on the mountains and bewail my maidenhood, my friends and I.”

1 Samuel 1:7

And so he did, year by year. Whenever she went up to the House of יהוה, she was provoked, so that she wept and did not eat.

1 Samuel 2:1

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