Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
1 Samuel 1:16 - King James 2000 Count not your handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I been speaking. 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 unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
Certain men, worthless fellows, are gone out from among 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 wrought among you;
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant you your petition that you have asked of him.
But some worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
Let not my lord, I pray you, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I your handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom you did send.