1 Samuel 1:16
What does 1 Samuel 1:16 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 1:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Count not thy handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Count not thy handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Do not take your servant to be a good-for-nothing woman: for my words have come from my stored-up sorrow and pain.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862put not thy handmaid before a daughter of worthlessness, for from the abundance of my meditation, and of my provocation, I have spoken hitherto.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Count not thy handmaid for one of the daughters of Belial: for out of the abundance of my sorrow and grief have I spoken till now.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Take not thy handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my grief and provocation have I spoken hitherto.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 10:1
My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- 1 Samuel 2:12
Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not Jehovah.
- Matthew 12:34
Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
- 1 Samuel 25:25
Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
- Deuteronomy 13:13
Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
- Job 6:2
Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!
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