1 Samuel 1:13

1 Samuel 1:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
• New International Version (NIV)Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk
• English Standard Version (ESV)Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Seeing her lips moving but hearing no sound, he thought she had been drinking.

Context of 1 Samuel 1:13

11Then she made a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.” 12And it happened, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli watched her mouth. Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk. 14So Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put your wine away from you!” 15But Hannah answered and said, “No, my lord, I am a woman of sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor intoxicating drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.

1 Samuel 1:13 word by word

וְחַנָּ֗ה הִ֚יא מְדַבֶּ֣רֶת עַל־לִבָּ֔הּ רַ֚ק שְׂפָתֶ֣יהָ נָּע֔וֹת וְקוֹלָ֖הּ לֹ֣א יִשָּׁמֵ֑עַ וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ עֵלִ֖י לְשִׁכֹּרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now Hannahחַנָּהchannâh · HannahH2584
• she spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• in her heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• only her lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• movedנוּעַnûa‛ · to shakeH5128
• but her voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• was not heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• therefore Eliעֵלִי‛êlîy · EliH5941
• thoughtחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: thinkH2803
• she had been drunkenשִׁכֹּרshikkôr shikkôr · drunkenH7910

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:13

• Genesis 24:42“And this day I came to the well and said, ‘O Lord God of my master Abraham, if You will now prosper the way in which I go,
• Nehemiah 2:4Then the king said to me, “What do you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
• Psalms 25:1To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
• Romans 8:26Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
• Zechariah 9:15The Lord of hosts will defend them; They shall devour and subdue with slingstones. They shall drink and roar as if with wine; They shall be filled with blood like basins, Like the corners of the altar.
• Acts 2:13Others mocking said, “They are full of new wine.”
• 1 Corinthians 13:7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Spake in her heart; only her lips moved - She prayed; her whole heart was engaged: and though she spake not with an audible voice, yet her lips formed themselves according to the pronunciation of the words which her heart uttered.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. 13-14Some people may have used the feast times at Shiloh to drink too much alcohol instead of worshiping. Eli wrongly thought Hannah was just another person who was drunk (see Acts 2:13–15).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

Topics related to 1 Samuel 1:13

• Barrenness
• Children
• Drunkenness
• Hannah
• Heart
• Meekness
• Prayer
• Samuel
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Hannah
• Bitterness
• 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