1 Samuel 1:6

1 Samuel 1:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
• New International Version (NIV)Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And her rival also provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the Lord had closed her womb.

Context of 1 Samuel 1:6

4Whenever Elkanah offered a sacrifice, he would give portions of it to his wife Peninnah and all her sons and daughters. 5He would also give one portion to Hannah because he loved her, even though the Lord had kept her from having children. Because the Lord had made her unable to have children, her rival ⌞Peninnah⌟ tormented her endlessly in order to make her miserable. 7This happened year after year. Whenever Hannah went to the Lord’s house, Peninnah would make her miserable, and Hannah would cry and not eat. 8Her husband Elkanah would ask her, “Hannah, why are you crying? Why haven’t you eaten? Why are you so downhearted? Don’t I mean more to you than ten sons?”

1 Samuel 1:6 word by word

וְכִֽעֲסַ֤תָּה צָֽרָתָהּ֙ גַּם־כַּ֔עַס בַּעֲב֖וּר הַרְּעִמָ֑הּ כִּֽי־סָגַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה בְּעַ֥ד רַחְמָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And her adversaryצָרָהtsârâh · vexerH6869
• also provokedכָּעַסka‛as · to provokeH3707
• her soreכַּ֫עַסka‛as ka‛aώ · vexationH3708
• for to make her fretרָעַםrâ‛am · to thunderH7481
• because the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• had shutסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• upבַּ֫עַדbe‛ad · about/through/forH1157
• her wombרֶ֫חֶםrechem · wombH7358

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:6

• Leviticus 18:18While your wife is living, never marry her sister as a rival wife and have sexual intercourse with her.
• Job 6:14“A friend should treat a troubled person kindly, even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6And her adversary - That is, Peninnah. Provoked her sore - Was constantly striving to irritate and vex her, to make her fret - to make her discontented with her lot, because the Lord had denied her children.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. her adversary also provoked her sore--The conduct of Peninnah was most unbecoming. But domestic broils in the houses of polygamists are of frequent occurrence, and the most fruitful cause of them has always been jealousy of the husband's superior affection, as in this case of Hannah. 1Sa 1:9-18. Hannah's Prayer.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 1:6

• Barrenness
• Childlessness
• Cruelty
• Family
• Hannah
• Polygamy
• Satire
• Tantalizing
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Barren
• Bitterness
• Hannah
• Sorrowful
• Temple
• Ark of the Covenant
• Deuteronomy
• Elkanah
• Exodus, the Book of
• Ezekiel

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