1 Samuel 1:15

Then Hannah answered and sayd, Nay my lord, but I am a woman troubled in spirit: I haue drunke neither wine nor strong drinke, but haue powred out my soule before the Lord.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 sayde vnto her, Howe long wilt thou be drunken? Put away thy drunkennesse from thee.

16Count not thine handmaide for a wicked woman: for of the abundance of my complaint and my griefe haue I spoken hitherto.

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Cross References

Job 30:16Therefore my soule is nowe powred out vpon me, and the dayes of affliction haue taken holde on me.

Psalms 62:8Trust in him alway, ye people: powre out your hearts before him, for God is our hope. Selah.

Psalms 142:2I powred out my meditation before him, and declared mine affliction in his presence.

Proverbs 14:10The heart knoweth the bitternes of his soule, and the stranger shall not medle with his ioy.

Proverbs 25:15A Prince is pacified by staying of anger, and a soft tongue breaketh the bones.

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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