English Standard Version
1 Samuel 1:13
13Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman.
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
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Seeing her lips moving but hearing no sound, he thought she had been drinking.
Context of 1 Samuel 1:13
11And she vowed a vow and said, "O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head." 12As she continued praying before the Lord, Eli observed her mouth. 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. 14And Eli said to her, "How long will you go on being drunk? Put your wine away from you." 15But Hannah answered, "No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- Now Hannahחַנָּהchannâh · HannahH2584
- she spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- in her heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
- only her lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
- movedנוּעַnûa‛ · to shakeH5128
- but her voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
- was not heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- therefore Eliעֵלִי‛êlîy · EliH5941
- thoughtחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: thinkH2803
- she had been drunkenשִׁכֹּרshikkôr shikkôr · drunkenH7910
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:13
- Genesis 24:42"I came today to the spring and said, 'O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now you are prospering the way that I go,
- Nehemiah 2:4Then the king said to me, "What are you requesting?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
- Psalms 25:1To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
- Romans 8:26Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
- Zechariah 9:15The Lord of hosts will protect them, and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones, and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine, and be full like a bowl, drenched like the corners of the altar.
- Acts 2:13But others mocking said, "They are filled with new wine."
- 1 Corinthians 13:7Love 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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