1 Samuel 1:10
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to LORD, and wept much.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 50:10And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan. And there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation. And he made a mourning for his father seven days.
Ruth 1:20And she said to them, Call me not Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
2 Samuel 17:8Hushai said moreover, Thou know thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field. And thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Job 7:11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 10:1My soul is weary of my life. I will give free reign to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Psalms 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 1:10-19
Hannah's Prayer. ( b. c. 1140.) 9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord . 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord , and wept sore. 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days… Read the whole commentary →