Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.
1 Samuel 1:12 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional As she continued praying before the Lord, Eli observed her mouth. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And as she continued praying before the Lord, Eli noticed her mouth. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, as she continued praying before Jehovah, that Eli marked her mouth. Common English Bible As she kept praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth. Catholic Public Domain Version Then it happened that, while she multiplied prayers before the Lord, Eli observed her mouth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it came to pass, as she multiplied prayers before the Lord, that Heli observed her mouth. |
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.
Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints.
Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.
Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.
She made this vow: “O Lord of hosts, if only you will look on the misery of your servant, and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a male child, then I will set him before you as a nazirite until the day of his death. He shall drink neither wine nor intoxicants, and no razor shall touch his head.”
Hannah was praying silently; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard; therefore Eli thought she was drunk.