1 Samuel 1:10

1 Samuel 1:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
• New International Version (NIV)In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly.
• English Standard Version (ESV)She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish.

Context of 1 Samuel 1:10

8Then Elkanah her husband would say to her, “Hannah, why do you weep, and why do you not eat, and why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?” 9Then Hannah got up after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the temple of the Lord. She, greatly distressed, prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly. 11And she made a vow and said, “Lord of armies, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your bond-servant and remember me, and not forget Your bond-servant, but will give Your bond-servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and a razor shall never come on his head.” 12Now it came about, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli was watching her mouth.

1 Samuel 1:10 word by word

וְהִ֖יא מָ֣רַת נָ֑פֶשׁ וַתִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל עַל־יְהוָ֖ה וּבָכֹ֥ה תִבְכֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• greatlyמַרmar mârâh · bitterH4751
• prayedפָּלַלpâlal · to prayH6419
• to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and weptבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:10

• Ruth 1:20But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
• 2 Samuel 17:8Then Hushai said, “You yourself know your father and his men, that they are warriors and they are fierce, like a bear deprived of her cubs in the field. And your father is an expert in warfare, and he will not spend the night with the people.
• Job 7:11“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
• Job 9:18He will not allow me to get my breath, But He saturates me with bitterness.
• Job 10:1“I am disgusted with my own life; I will express my complaint freely; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
• Isaiah 38:15“What shall I say? For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it; I will walk quietly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
• Isaiah 54:6For the Lord has called you, Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, Even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,” Says your God.
• Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink plenty of wormwood.
• Psalms 50:15Call upon Me on the day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will honor Me.”
• Psalms 91:15He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.
• Luke 22:44And being in agony, He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground].
• Hebrews 5:7In the days of His humanity, He offered up both prayers and pleas with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His devout behavior.
• Genesis 50:10When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they mourned there with a very great and sorrowful lamentation; and he observed seven days of mourning for his father.
• Judges 21:2So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, and raised their voices and wept profusely.
• 2 Samuel 13:36As soon as he had finished speaking, behold, the king’s sons came and raised their voices and wept; and the king and all his servants also wept very profusely.
• 2 Kings 20:3“Please, Lord, just remember how I have walked before You wholeheartedly and in truth, and have done what is good in Your sight!” And Hezekiah wept profusely.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1:10

• 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

Topics related to 1 Samuel 1:10

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Barrenness
• Children
• Hannah
• Prayer
• Samuel
• Satire
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Bitterness
• Hannah
• Sorrowful
• Temple
• Ark of the Covenant
• Elkanah
• Exodus, the Book of
• Ezekiel
• Genesis
• Judges, Period of

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