1 Samuel 1:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

So Elkanah asked, “Hannah, why are you crying? Why won't you eat? Why do you feel so bad? Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?”

Cross References

2 Kings 8:12

“Sir, why are you crying?” Hazael asked. Elisha answered, “Because I know the terrible things you will do to the people of Israel. You will burn down their walled cities and slaughter their young men. You will even crush the heads of their babies and rip open their pregnant women.”

Job 6:14

My friends, I am desperate, and you should help me, even if I no longer respect God All-Powerful.

Psalm 43:4

Then I will worship at your altar because you make me joyful. You are my God, and I will praise you. Yes, I will praise you as I play my harp.

Isaiah 54:1

Sing and shout, even though you have never had children! The LORD has promised that you will have more children than someone married for a long time.

Isaiah 54:6

You were like a young wife, brokenhearted and crying because her husband had divorced her. But the LORD your God says, “I am taking you back!

John 20:13

The angels asked Mary, “Why are you crying?” She answered, “They have taken away my Lord's body! I don't know where they have put him.”

John 20:15

Jesus asked her, “Why are you crying? Who are you looking for?” She thought he was the gardener and said, “Sir, if you have taken his body away, please tell me, so I can go and get him.”

1 Thessalonians 5:14

My friends, we beg you to warn anyone who isn't living right. Encourage anyone who feels left out, help all who are weak, and be patient with everyone.

Ruth 4:15

He will make you happy and take care of you in your old age, because he is the son of your daughter-in-law. And she loves you more than seven sons of your own would love you.

1 Samuel 1:7

especially when the family went to the house of the LORD each year. One day, Elkanah was there offering a sacrifice, when Hannah began crying and refused to eat.