Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
1 Samuel 1:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Count not thy handmaid for one of the daughters of Belial: for out of the abundance of my sorrow and grief have I spoken till now. |
Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of you, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known;
then shall you inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in the midst of you,
Channah answered, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before the LORD.
Then `Eli answered, Go in peace; and the God of Yisra'el grant your petition that you have asked of him.
But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his shalom.
Please don't let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Naval; for as his name is, so is he; Naval is his name, and folly is with him: but I your handmaid didn't see the young men of my lord, whom you did send.