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 said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons? 9So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of Yhwh. And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto Yhwh, and wept sore. 11And she vowed a vow, and said, O Yhwh of Armies, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto Yhwh all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. 12And it came to pass, as she continued praying before Yhwh, that Eli marked her mouth.

1 Samuel 1:10 word by word

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

• in bitternessמַרmar mârâh · bitterH4751
• of soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• and prayedפָּלַלpâlal · to prayH6419
• unto Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and weptבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:10

• Ruth 1:20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
• 2 Samuel 17:8For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
• Job 7:11Therefore I will not refrain 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 suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
• Job 10:1My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
• Isaiah 38:15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
• Isaiah 54:6For Yhwh hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
• Lamentations 3:15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
• Psalms 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
• Psalms 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
• Luke 22:44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
• Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
• Genesis 50:10And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
• Judges 21:2And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
• 2 Samuel 13:36And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
• 2 Kings 20:3I beseech thee, O Yhwh, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

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