When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”
1 Samuel 1:10 - Y'all Version Bible She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to YHWH, weeping bitterly. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And [Hannah] was in distress of soul, praying to the Lord and weeping bitterly. American Standard Version (1901) And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto Jehovah, and wept sore. Common English Bible Hannah was very upset and couldn’t stop crying as she prayed to the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version And since Hannah was bitter in soul, she prayed to the Lord, weeping greatly. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As Anna had her heart full of grief, she prayed to the Lord, shedding many tears. |
When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”
They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and severe lamentation. He mourned for his father seven days.
As soon as he had finished speaking, the king’s sons came in and lifted up their voices and wept. The king also and all his servants wept bitterly.
Hushai said moreover, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
“Please YHWH, remember how I have walked before you in truth and with a whole heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
“My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
“Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Hᴇ will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.
What will I say? Hᴇ has both spoken to me, and ʜɪᴍꜱᴇʟꜰ has done this. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.
For YHWH has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off,” says your God.
But if y’all won’t listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride. My eye will weep-and-weep, and overflow with tears, because YHWH’s flock has been taken captive.
Y’all must not weep for the dead. Y’all must not grieve for the king. Rather y’all must weep-weep for the one how has gone away, for he will never return, or see his native country.
Being in agony, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling down on the ground.
In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and petitions with strong cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
The people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.
She said to them, “Y’all must no longer call me Naomi. Y’all must call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
She vowed a vow, and said, “YHWH Almighty, if you will indeed look at the affliction of your servant and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a boy, then I will give him to YHWH all the days of his life, and no razor will ever come on his head.”
So Hannah rose up after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of the temple of YHWH.