1 Samuel 1:26

And she said, I pray you, my lord, as your soul lives, I am the woman that stood in your presence with you while praying to the Lord.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.

In Context

25And they brought him before the Lord; and his father killed his offering which he offered from year to year to the Lord; and he brought near the child, and killed the calf; and Anna the mother of the child brought him to Heli.

27For this child I prayed; and the Lord has given me my request that I asked of him.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:55And when Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abener the captain of the host, Whose son is this youth? and Abener said, As your soul lives, O King, I know not.

1 Samuel 25:26And now, my lord, as the Lord lives, and your soul lives, as the Lord has kept you from coming against innocent blood, and + 25:26 Gr. saving your hand for yourself. from executing vengeance for yourself, now therefore let your enemies, and those that seek evil against my lord, become as Nabal.

2 Samuel 14:19And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab in all this matter with you? and the woman said to the king, As your soul lives, my lord, O king, + 14:19 Gr. If there is, etc. there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab himself charged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.

2 Kings 2:4And Eliu said to Elisaie, Stay here, I pray you; for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. And he said, + 2:4 Gr. the Lord lives if, etc. As the Lord lives and your soul lives, I will not leave you. And they came to Jericho.

2 Kings 4:30And the mother of the child said, As the Lord lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And Elisaie arose, and went after her.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 1:20-28

The Birth of Samuel; Samuel Presented to the Lord. ( b. c. 1137.) 19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord , and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her. 20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord . 21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly… Read the whole commentary →

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