God’s Word Translation
1 Samuel 1:17
17Eli replied, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant your request.”
1 Samuel 1:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
- New International Version (NIV)Eli answered, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then Eli answered, "Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Eli answered and said, “Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition which you have asked of Him.”
Context of 1 Samuel 1:17
15Hannah responded, “No sir. I’m not drunk. I’m depressed. I’m pouring out my heart to the Lord. 16Don’t take me to be a good-for-nothing woman. I was praying like this because I’ve been troubled and tormented.” Eli replied, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant your request.” 18“May you continue to be kind to me,” she said. Then the woman went her way and ate. She was no longer sad. 19Early in the morning Elkanah and his family got up and worshiped in front of the Lord. Then they returned home to Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.
Read all of 1 Samuel 11 Samuel 1:17 word by word
וַיַּ֧עַן עֵלִ֛י וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לְכִ֣י לְשָׁל֑וֹם וֵאלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל יִתֵּן֙ אֶת־שֵׁ֣לָתֵ֔ךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁאַ֖לְתְּ מֵעִמּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Then Eliעֵלִי‛êlîy · EliH5941
- answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
- and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- in peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peaceH7965
- and the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- grantנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- thy petitionשְׁאֵלָהshe'êlâh shêlâh · petitionH7596
- that thou hast askedשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:17
- 1 Samuel 25:35Then David accepted what she brought him and told her, “Go home in peace. I’ve listened to what you’ve said and granted your request.”
- 1 Samuel 29:7So leave peacefully without doing anything to displease the Philistine rulers.”
- Judges 18:6The priest told them, “Go in peace. The Lord approves of your journey.”
- 2 Kings 5:19Elisha told Naaman, “Go in peace.” After Elisha had left him and gone some distance,
- Mark 5:34Jesus told her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace! Be cured from your illness.”
- Luke 7:50Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace!”
- Luke 8:48Jesus told her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace!”
- 1 Chronicles 4:10Jabez prayed to the God of Israel, “Please bless me and give me more territory. May your power be with me and free me from evil so that I will not be in pain.” God gave him what he prayed for.
- Psalms 20:3He will remember all your grain offerings and look with favor on your burnt offerings. Selah
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Grant thee thy petition - He was satisfied he had formed a wrong judgment, and by it had added to the distress of one already sufficiently distressed. The fact that Eli supposed her to be drunken, and the other of the conduct of Eli's sons already mentioned, prove that religion was at this time at a very low ebb in Shiloh; for it seems drunken women did come to the place, and lewd women were to be found there.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. 17-18A blessing was more than just wishful thinking. It was often God's way of giving a real benefit (see, for example, Genesis 27:1–40; 28:1–4; 32:22–32; 48:1–49:28). Because this blessing from God's high priest assured Hannah that her prayer would be answered, she was no longer sad.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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