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1 Samuel 1:16

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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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1 Samuel 1:16 in other translations

Count not thy handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto.

1 Samuel 1:16 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 1:16 in context

  1. 14Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Get rid of your wine!”
  2. 15Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have not been drinking wine or strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.
  3. 16Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation.”
  4. 17Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.”
  5. 18She said, “Let your servant find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate; and her facial expression wasn’t sad any more.