1 Samuel 1:15

And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before LORD.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunken neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.

In Context

14And Eli said to her, How long will thou be drunken? Put away thy wine from thee.

16Count not thy handmaid for an iniquitous woman, for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken until now.

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Cross References

Job 30:16And now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Psalms 62:8Trust in him at all times, ye people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Psalms 142:2I pour out my complaint before him. I show my trouble before him.

Proverbs 14:10The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not intermeddle with its joy.

Proverbs 25:15By long-suffering a ruler is persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.

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 →

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