Berean Standard Bible
1 Samuel 1:13
13Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard.
So Eli thought she was drunk
1 Samuel 1:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
- New International Version (NIV)Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk
- English Standard Version (ESV)Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.
Context of 1 Samuel 1:13
11And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.” 12As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth. Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk 14and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!” 15“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
Read all of 1 Samuel 11 Samuel 1:13 word by word
וְחַנָּ֗ה הִ֚יא מְדַבֶּ֣רֶת עַל־לִבָּ֔הּ רַ֚ק שְׂפָתֶ֣יהָ נָּע֔וֹת וְקוֹלָ֖הּ לֹ֣א יִשָּׁמֵ֑עַ וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ עֵלִ֖י לְשִׁכֹּרָֽה׃Read the interlinear
- Hannahחַנָּהchannâh · HannahH2584
- Hannahהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
- was prayingדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- inעַל‛al · uponH5921
- her heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
- and thoughרַקraq · exceptH7535
- her lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
- were movingנוּעַnûa‛ · to shakeH5128
- her voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
- could notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- be heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- So Eliעֵלִי‛êlîy · EliH5941
- thoughtחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: thinkH2803
- she was drunkשִׁכֹּרshikkôr shikkôr · drunkenH7910
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:13
- Genesis 24:42So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
- Nehemiah 2:4“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
- Psalms 25:1To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
- Romans 8:26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
- Zechariah 9:15The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.
- Acts 2:13But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”
- 1 Corinthians 13:7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Spake in her heart; only her lips moved - She prayed; her whole heart was engaged: and though she spake not with an audible voice, yet her lips formed themselves according to the pronunciation of the words which her heart uttered.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 Hannah mingled tears with her prayers; she considered the mercy of our God, who knows the troubled soul. God gives us leave, in prayer, not only to ask good things in general, but to mention that special good thing we most need and desire. She spoke softly, none could hear her. Hereby she testified her belief of God's knowledge of the heart and its desires. Eli was high priest, and judge in Israel. It ill becomes us to be rash and hasty in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14Some people may have used the feast times at Shiloh to drink too much alcohol instead of worshiping. Eli wrongly thought Hannah was just another person who was drunk (see Acts 2:13–15).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1812-18. Eli marked her mouth--The suspicion of the aged priest seems to indicate that the vice of intemperance was neither uncommon nor confined to one sex in those times of disorder. This mistaken impression was immediately removed, and, in the words, "God grant," or rather, "will grant," was followed by an invocation which, as Hannah regarded it in the light of a prophecy pointing to the accomplishment of her earnest desire, dispelled her sadness, and…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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