1 Samuel 1:6

and her adversity hath also provoked her greatly, so as to make her tremble, for Jehovah hath shut up her womb.

Young's Literal Translation

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

5and to Hannah he giveth a certain portion — double, for he hath loved Hannah, and Jehovah hath shut her womb;

7And so he doth year by year, from the time of her going up into the house of Jehovah, so it provoketh her, and she weepeth, and doth not eat.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:18'And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

1 Samuel 2:1And Hannah prayeth, and saith: 'My heart hath exulted in Jehovah, My horn hath been high in Jehovah, My mouth hath been large over mine enemies, For I have rejoiced in Thy salvation.

Job 6:14To a despiser of his friends [is] shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

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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