1 Samuel 1:14

And Eli said unto her, How long, wilt thou be, drunken? Put away thy wine from thee.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

In Context

13But as for, Hannah, she, was speaking in her heart, only her lips, were moving, but, her voice, could not be heard,—so Eli thought she had been drunken.

15And Hannah responded and said—Nay! my lord; A woman depressed in spirit, am I: neither wine nor strong drink, have I drunk,—but I poured out my soul, before Yahweh.

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Cross References

Joshua 22:12And, when the sons of Israel heard, all the assembly of the sons of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.

Job 11:14If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,

Psalms 62:3How long will ye shout at a man? Ye shall be crushed all of you,—Like a wall that bulgeth,—a fence pushed in!

Proverbs 6:9How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?

Ephesians 4:25Wherefore, stripping off what is false, be speaking truth each one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

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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