1 Samuel 1:7

What does 1 Samuel 1:7 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 1:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Jehovah, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Jehovah, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And year by year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, she kept on attacking her, so that Hannah gave herself up to weeping and would take no food.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And so he doth year by year, from the time of her going up into the house of Jehovah, so it provoketh her, and she weepeth, and doth not eat.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And thus she did every year, when the time returned, that they went up to the temple of the Lord: and thus she provoked her: but Anna wept, and did not eat.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And [as] he did so year by year, as often as she went up to the house of Jehovah, she provoked her thus; and she wept and did not eat.

Context

v.6And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

v.7This passage

v.8And 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?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Samuel 2:19

    Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

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