1 Samuel 1:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Count not thy handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“put not thy handmaid before a daughter of worthlessness, for from the abundance of my meditation, and of my provocation, I have spoken hitherto.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 1:16 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 13:13that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
- Deuteronomy 13:14then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,
- 1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
- 1 Samuel 10:27But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.
- 1 Samuel 25:25My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
- Job 6:2“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
- Job 10:1“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
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