1 Samuel 1:16

1 Samuel 1:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Do not consider your maidservant a wicked woman, for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief I have spoken until now.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Don’t think I am a wicked woman! For I have been praying out of great anguish and sorrow.”

Context of 1 Samuel 1:16

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. Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation." 17Then Eli answered, "Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him." 18And she said, "Let your servant find favor in your eyes." Then the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.

1 Samuel 1:16 word by word

אַל־תִּתֵּן֙ אֶת־אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔ לִפְנֵ֖י בַּת־בְּלִיָּ֑עַל כִּֽי־מֵרֹ֥ב שִׂיחִ֛י וְכַעְסִ֖י דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי עַד־הֵֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Countנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• not thine handmaidאָמָה'âmâh · maidservantH519
• forפָּנֶהpânîym · face ofH6440
• a daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Belialבְּלִיַּ֫עַלbelîya‛al · BelialH1100
• for out of the abundanceרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• of my complaintשִׂיחַώîyach · complaintH7879
• and griefכַּ֫עַסka‛as ka‛aώ · vexationH3708
• have I spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:16

• 1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the Lord.
• 1 Samuel 10:27But some worthless fellows said, "How can this man save us?" And they despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
• 1 Samuel 25:25Let not my lord regard this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.
• Deuteronomy 13:13that certain worthless fellows have gone out among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods,' which you have not known,
• Job 6:2"Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
• Job 10:1"I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
• Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial - בליעל בת לפני אמתך את תתן אל al titten eth amathecha liphney bath Beliyael ; 'Put not thy handmaiden before the faces of a daughter of Belial." "If I am a drunkard, and strive by the most execrable hypocrisy (praying in the house of God) to cover my iniquity, then I am the chief of the daughters of Belial." Or, "Give not thy handmaid (to reproach) before the faces of the daughters of Belial." Several of…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. 16wicked woman (Hebrew a daughter of Belial): This phrase describes a worthless person. Belial means "worthlessness" and people later used it as a name for Satan (2 Corinthians 6:15). In Hebrew, a son of or daughter of a quality refers to someone who shows that quality strongly.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 1:16

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

In the dictionaries

• Belial
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• Sorrowful
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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