1 Samuel 1:14

1 Samuel 1:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
• New International Version (NIV)and said to her, “How long are you going to stay drunk? Put away your wine.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Eli said to her, "How long will you go on being drunk? Put your wine away from you."
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put your wine away from you!”

Context of 1 Samuel 1:14

12Hannah continued to pray to the Lord. Eli watched her mouth while it moved. 13Hannah was praying quietly inside herself. Her lips moved but Eli could not hear her voice. So he thought that she was drunk. He said to her, ‘Are you always drunk like that? Throw away your wine.’ 15Hannah replied, ‘No, sir, I have not drunk any wine or strong drink. I have much trouble deep inside myself. I have told the Lord about all my problems. 16Please sir, do not think that I am a bad woman. I am praying like this because I am very sad and upset.’

1 Samuel 1:14 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ עֵלִ֔י עַד־מָתַ֖י תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִ֑ין הָסִ֥ירִי אֶת־יֵינֵ֖ךְ מֵעָלָֽיִךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Eliעֵלִי‛êlîy · EliH5941
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto her, How long wilt thou be drunkenשָׁכַרshâkar · be drunkH7937
• put awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• thy wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:14

• Joshua 22:12So the Israelites came together at Shiloh to fight against the other 2½ tribes.
• Job 8:2‘You should not continue to talk like this. Your words are like a wind that blows strongly.
• Psalms 62:3How long will you all continue to attack me? I am just one man, and you want to kill me! You want to knock me down, like a weak wall or a fence that is falling down.
• Proverbs 6:9But you, you lazy man, you lie in bed too long! Will you never get up to work?
• Matthew 7:1Jesus then said, ‘Do not say to anyone, “You are a bad person.” If you do that, God will say to you, “You are a bad person.”
• Job 11:14If you want to do an evil thing, stop yourself from doing it. Do not let people do wrong things in your home.
• Job 22:23Turn back to the Almighty God, so that you become strong again. Stop all the evil things that happen in your house.
• Proverbs 4:24Never tell lies or try to deceive other people.
• Ephesians 4:25So you must stop telling lies. Each of you must say only true things to one another. Remember that all of us belong to one another, like parts of the same body.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1:14

• 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

Topics related to 1 Samuel 1:14

• Barrenness
• Children
• Drunkenness
• Eli
• Hannah
• Meekness
• Misjudgment
• Prayer
• Samuel
• Uncharitableness
• Women

In the dictionaries

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• Ezekiel
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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