1 Samuel 1:16 - New International Version (Anglicised)

¹⁶ Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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.

1 Samuel 1:16 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 55:2

hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught

Deuteronomy 13:13

that troublemakers have arisen among you and have led the people of their town astray, saying, ‘Let us go and worship other gods’ (gods you have not known),

Deuteronomy 13:14

then you must enquire, probe and investigate it thoroughly. And if it is true and it has been proved that this detestable thing has been done among you,

1 Samuel 1:15

‘Not so, my lord,’ Hannah replied, ‘I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring out my soul to the Lord.

1 Samuel 1:17

Eli answered, ‘Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.’

1 Samuel 10:27

But some scoundrels said, ‘How can this fellow save us?’ They despised him and brought him no gifts. But Saul kept silent.

1 Samuel 2:12

Eli’s sons were scoundrels; they had no regard for the Lord.

1 Samuel 25:25

Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name – his name means Fool, and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent.