1 Samuel 1:8 - Tree of Life Version

⁸ Then her husband Elkanah would say to her, “Hannah, why are you crying? Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Then Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why do you cry? And why do you not eat? And why are you grieving? Am I not more to you than ten sons?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

Common English Bible

⁸ “Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah would say to her. “Why won’t you eat? Why are you so sad? Aren’t I worth more to you than ten sons?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Therefore, her husband Elkanah said to her: "Hannah, why are you weeping? And why do you not eat? And for what reason do you afflict your heart? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Then Elcana her husband said to her: Anna, why weepest thou? And why dost thou not eat? And why dost thou afflict thy heart? Am not I better to thee than ten children?

1 Samuel 1:8 Cross References

2 Kings 8:12

When Hazael asked, “Why is my lord weeping?” he answered, “Because I know the evil that you will inflict on the men of Israel: their strongholds you will set on fire, their young men you will slay with the sword, their little ones you will dash into pieces, and their pregnant ones you will rip open.”

Job 6:14

“A despairing person should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of Shaddai.

Psalm 43:4

Then I will come to the altar of God, to the God of my exceeding joy, and praise You upon the harp —O God, my God.

Isaiah 54:1

“Sing, barren one, who has not given birth. burst into singing and shout, you who have not travailed. For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married one,” says Adonai.

Isaiah 54:6

“For Adonai has called you back like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit, like a wife of one’s youth that is rejected,” says your God.

John 20:13

“Woman, why are you crying?” they say to her. She says to them, “Because they took away my Master, and I don’t know where they’ve put Him.”

John 20:15

Yeshua says to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” Thinking He’s the gardener, she says to Him, “Sir, if You’ve carried Him away, tell me where You’ve put Him, and I will take Him away.”

1 Thessalonians 5:14

We urge you, brothers and sisters, correct the unruly, comfort the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

Ruth 4:15

Moreover, He will be to you a renewer of life and a sustainer of your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”

1 Samuel 1:7

So it was year after year, whenever she went up to the House of Adonai, that she would provoke her; so she wept and would not eat.