1 Samuel 1:15

And 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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

16Do not count thy handmaid for an abandoned woman,—for, out of the abundance of my grief and my vexation, have I spoken, hitherto.

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Cross References

Job 30:16Now, therefore, over myself, my soul poureth itself out, There seize me days of affliction:

Psalms 62:8Trust ye in him all ye assembly of the people, Pour out, before him, your heart, God, is a refuge for us. [Selah.]

Psalms 142:2I pour out before him my complaint, My distress—before him, I tell.

Proverbs 14:10The heart, knoweth its own bitterness, and, in its joy, no stranger shareth.

Proverbs 25:15By long patience, is a judge persuaded, and, a soft tongue, breaketh 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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