Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Samuel 1:16
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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.”
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Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
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Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation.”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
Count not thy handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto.
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
1 Samuel 1
14 and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
15 “No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
16 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.”
17 “Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
18 “May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began to eat, and her face was no longer downcast.
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