1 Samuel 1:6

And her rival provoked her greatly, to make her fret, because LORD had shut up her womb.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

In Context

5but to Hannah he gave a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but LORD had shut up her womb.

7And [as] he did so year by year when she went up to the house of LORD, so she provoked her. Therefore she wept, and did not eat.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:18And thou shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, to be a rival [to her], to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.

1 Samuel 2:1And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart exults in LORD. My horn is exalted in LORD. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies because I rejoice in thy salvation.

Job 6:14To him who is ready to faint, kindness [should be] from his friend, even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 1:2-9

First Samuel This book, and that which follows it, bear the name of Samuel in the title, not because he was the penman of them (except of so much of them as fell within his own time, to the twenty-fifth chapter of the first book, in which we have an account of his death), but because the first book begins with a large account of him, his birth and childhood, his life and government; and the rest of these two volumes that are denominated from him contains the history of the reigns of Saul and David, who were both… Read the whole commentary →

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