1 Samuel 1:16

1 Samuel 1:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Do not consider your maidservant a wicked woman, for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief I have spoken until now.”

Context of 1 Samuel 1:16

14“Must you come here drunk?” he demanded. “Throw away your wine!” 15“Oh no, sir!” she replied. “I haven’t been drinking wine or anything stronger. But I am very discouraged, and I was pouring out my heart to the Lord. Don’t think I am a wicked woman! For I have been praying out of great anguish and sorrow.” 17“In that case,” Eli said, “go in peace! May the God of Israel grant the request you have asked of him.” 18“Oh, thank you, sir!” she exclaimed. Then she went back and began to eat again, and she was no longer sad.

1 Samuel 1:16 word by word

אַל־תִּתֵּן֙ אֶת־אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔ לִפְנֵ֖י בַּת־בְּלִיָּ֑עַל כִּֽי־מֵרֹ֥ב שִׂיחִ֛י וְכַעְסִ֖י דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי עַד־הֵֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Countנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• not thine handmaidאָמָה'âmâh · maidservantH519
• forפָּנֶהpânîym · face ofH6440
• a daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Belialבְּלִיַּ֫עַלbelîya‛al · BelialH1100
• for out of the abundanceרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• of my complaintשִׂיחַώîyach · complaintH7879
• and griefכַּ֫עַסka‛as ka‛aώ · vexationH3708
• have I spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:16

• 1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels who had no respect for the Lord
• 1 Samuel 10:27But there were some scoundrels who complained, “How can this man save us?” And they scorned him and refused to bring him gifts. But Saul ignored them. [Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had been grievously oppressing the people of Gad and Reuben who lived east of the Jordan River. He gouged out the right eye of each of the Israelites living there, and he didn’t allow anyone to come and rescue them. In fact, of all the Israelites east of the Jordan, there wasn’t a single one whose right eye Nahash had not gouged out. But there were 7,000 men who had escaped from the Ammonites, and they had settled in Jabesh-gilead.]
• 1 Samuel 25:25I know Nabal is a wicked and ill-tempered man; please don’t pay any attention to him. He is a fool, just as his name suggests. But I never even saw the young men you sent.
• Deuteronomy 13:13that scoundrels among you are leading their fellow citizens astray by saying, ‘Let us go worship other gods’—gods you have not known before.
• Job 6:2“If my misery could be weighed and my troubles be put on the scales,
• Job 10:1“I am disgusted with my life. Let me complain freely. My bitter soul must complain.
• Matthew 12:34You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial - בליעל בת לפני אמתך את תתן אל al titten eth amathecha liphney bath Beliyael ; 'Put not thy handmaiden before the faces of a daughter of Belial." "If I am a drunkard, and strive by the most execrable hypocrisy (praying in the house of God) to cover my iniquity, then I am the chief of the daughters of Belial." Or, "Give not thy handmaid (to reproach) before the faces of the daughters of Belial." Several of…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. 16wicked woman (Hebrew a daughter of Belial): This phrase describes a worthless person. Belial means "worthlessness" and people later used it as a name for Satan (2 Corinthians 6:15). In Hebrew, a son of or daughter of a quality refers to someone who shows that quality strongly.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 1:16

• Barrenness
• Children
• Drunkenness
• Hannah
• Meekness
• Misjudgment
• Prayer
• Samuel
• Uncharitableness
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Belial
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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