1 Samuel 1:10

1 Samuel 1:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
• New International Version (NIV)In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly.
• English Standard Version (ESV)She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish.

Context of 1 Samuel 1:10

8“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband, Elkanah, would ask. “Why won’t you eat? Why are you troubled? Am I not better to you than ten sons?” 9On one occasion, Hannah got up after they ate and drank at Shiloh. The priest Eli was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s temple. Deeply hurt, Hannah prayed to the Lord and wept with many tears. 11Making a vow, she pleaded, “Lord of Armies, if you will take notice of your servant’s affliction, remember and not forget me, and give your servant a son, I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.” 12While she continued praying in the Lord’s presence, Eli watched her mouth.

1 Samuel 1:10 word by word

וְהִ֖יא מָ֣רַת נָ֑פֶשׁ וַתִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל עַל־יְהוָ֖ה וּבָכֹ֥ה תִבְכֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• in bitternessמַרmar mârâh · bitterH4751
• of soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• and prayedפָּלַלpâlal · to prayH6419
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and weptבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:10

• Ruth 1:20“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
• 2 Samuel 17:8Hushai continued, “You know your father and his men. They are warriors and are desperate like a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier who won’t spend the night with the people.
• Job 7:11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
• Job 9:18He doesn’t let me catch my breath but fills me with bitter experiences.
• Job 10:1I am disgusted with my life. I will give vent to my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
• Isaiah 38:15What can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. I walk along slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
• Isaiah 54:6For the Lord has called you, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,” says your God.
• Lamentations 3:15He filled me with bitterness, satiated me with wormwood.
• Psalms 50:15Call on me in a day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will honor me.”
• Psalms 91:15When he calls out to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will rescue him and give him honor.
• Luke 22:44Being in anguish, he prayed more fervently, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
• Hebrews 5:7During his earthly life, he offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
• Genesis 50:10When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wept loudly, and Joseph mourned seven days for his father.
• Judges 21:2So the people went to Bethel and sat there before God until evening. They wept loudly and bitterly,
• 2 Samuel 13:36Just as he finished speaking, the king’s sons entered and wept loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.
• 2 Kings 20:3“Please, Lord, remember how I have walked before you faithfully and wholeheartedly and have done what pleases you.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1:10

• 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

Topics related to 1 Samuel 1:10

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Barrenness
• Children
• Hannah
• Prayer
• Samuel
• Satire
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Bitterness
• Hannah
• Sorrowful
• Temple
• Ark of the Covenant
• Elkanah
• Exodus, the Book of
• Ezekiel
• Genesis
• Judges, Period of

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