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1 Samuel 1:8

World English Bible

Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

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1 Samuel 1:8 in other translations

And Elkanah her husband said unto 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?

1 Samuel 1:8 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 1:8 in context

  1. 6Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.
  2. 7So year by year, when she went up to Yahweh’s house, her rival provoked her. Therefore she wept, and didn’t eat.
  3. 8Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
  4. 9So Hannah rose up after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of Yahweh’s temple.
  5. 10She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, weeping bitterly.