God’s Word Translation
1 Samuel 1:7
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.
1 Samuel 1:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
- New International Version (NIV)This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So it went on year by year. As often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So it was, year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, that she provoked her; therefore she wept and did not eat.
Context of 1 Samuel 1:7
5He would also give one portion to Hannah because he loved her, even though the Lord had kept her from having children. 6Because the Lord had made her unable to have children, her rival ⌞Peninnah⌟ tormented her endlessly in order to make her miserable. This 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?” 9One day, after Hannah had something to eat and drink in Shiloh, she got up. (The priest Eli was sitting on a chair by the door of the Lord’s temple.)
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וְכֵ֨ן יַעֲשֶׂ֜ה שָׁנָ֣ה בְשָׁנָ֗ה מִדֵּ֤י עֲלֹתָהּ֙ בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה כֵּ֖ן תַּכְעִסֶ֑נָּה וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ה וְלֹ֥א תֹאכַֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- he didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- so yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
- whenדַּיday · sufficiencyH1767
- she went upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
- to the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- so she provokedכָּעַסka‛as · to provokeH3707
- her; therefore she weptבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
- and did not eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7And as he did so year by year - As the whole family went up to Shiloh to the annual festivals, Peninnah had both sons and daughters to accompany her, 1 Samuel 1:4, but Hannah had none; and Peninnah took this opportunity particularly to twit Hannah with her barrenness, by making an ostentatious exhibition of her children. Therefore she wept - She was greatly distressed, because it was a great reproach to a woman among the Jews to be barren; because, say…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7And as he did so - It should rather be “And so she did year by year, as often as she went up to the House of the Lord, so she provoked her.” Though the verb is masculine, Peninnah must be the subject, because as often as SHE went up follows. The Vulgate has “they went up.”Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7the house of the LORD: This is another name for the tabernacle. It is also known as “the temple of the LORD” in 1 Samuel 1:9. These names show that the tabernacle, a portable building, was the main sanctuary in Shiloh.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-8Commentary by Robert Jamieson 1Sa 1:1-8. Of Elkanah and His Two Wives. 1-2. a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim--The first word being in the dual number, signifies the double city--the old and new town of Ramah (1Sa 1:19). There were five cities of this name, all on high ground. This city had the addition of Zophim attached to it, because it was founded by Zuph, "an Ephrathite," that is a native of Ephratha. Beth-lehem, and the expression "of…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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