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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So Peninnah would taunt Hannah and make fun of her because the Lord had kept her from having children.

Context of 1 Samuel 1:6

4Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters. 5But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb. Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her. 7This 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. 8Her husband Elkanah would say to her, “Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don’t you eat? Why are you 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 18:18“ ‘Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.
• Job 6:14“Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes 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