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1 Samuel 1:17
17Eli answered, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.”
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.
- 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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)“In that case,” Eli said, “go in peace! May the God of Israel grant the request you have asked of him.”
Context of 1 Samuel 1:17
15“Not so, my lord,” Hannah replied, “I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring out my soul to the Lord. 16Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.” Eli answered, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.” 18She said, “May your servant find favor in your eyes.” Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast. 19Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.
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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 from her hand what she had brought him and said, “Go home in peace. I have heard your words and granted your request.”
- 1 Samuel 29:7Now turn back and go in peace; do nothing to displease the Philistine rulers.”
- Judges 18:6The priest answered them, “Go in peace. Your journey has the Lord’s approval.”
- 2 Kings 5:19“Go in peace,” Elisha said. After Naaman had traveled some distance,
- Mark 5:34He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
- Luke 7:50Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
- Luke 8:48Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”
- 1 Chronicles 4:10Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.
- Psalms 20:3May he remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt offerings.
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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