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1 Samuel 1

1 Samuel 1:16

Hannah Prays for a Son · 1 Samuel 1:9–18
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Translations

Modern
Do not take your servant for a wicked woman, for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
Traditional
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
Literal
Do not put your maidservant before the face of a daughter of worthlessness, for out of the abundance of my anguish and grief I have been speaking until now.”
Latin
Ne reputes ancillam tuam quasi unam de filiabus Belial: quia ex multitudine doloris et mœroris mei locuta sum usque in præsens.

Original

Hebrew
English
Do not take your servant for a wicked woman, for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”

Notes

1 Samuel 1:16

wicked 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.

Theme notes and profiles

Eli Sarah Infertility The Priestly Blessing

People

Satan: The adversary, the devil, the tempter of humanity

Glossary

Barrenness Belial, Beliar Eli Grief Hannah Joshua, Book of Phinehas Rathamin Samuel, Books of First and Second Shiloh Vow, Vows

Topics

Barrenness: Miraculously Removed: Hannah Children in Answer to Prayer: Hannah Drunkenness: Falsely Accused of Hannah Hannah: Her Trials and Prayer, and Promise Meekness: Hannah Misjudgment of Hannah Prayer: Answered: Hannah, Asking to Give Birth to a Child Samuel: Miraculous Birth of Uncharitableness of Eli Toward Hannah Women: Hannah, the Mother of Samuel