1 Samuel 1 · Verse 10

1 Samuel 1:10

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
1 Samuel 1:10, King James Version

1 Samuel 1:10 in other translations

BSBIn her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
WEBShe was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly.
ASVAnd she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto Jehovah, and wept sore.
YLTAnd she is bitter in soul, and prayeth unto Jehovah, and weepeth greatly,
DARBYand she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Jehovah, and wept much.
BBEAnd with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord.
WebsterAnd she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, and wept bitterly.

What does 1 Samuel 1:10 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 1:9-18

Hannah mingled tears with her prayers; she considered the mercy of our God, who knows the troubled soul. God gives us leave, in prayer, not only to ask good things in general, but to mention that special good thing we most need and desire. She spoke softly, none could hear her. Hereby she testified her belief of God's knowledge of the heart and its desires. Eli was high priest, and judge in Israel. It ill becomes us…

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1 Samuel 1:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהִ֖יאve.Hi'and sheH1931
מָ֣רַתMa.rat[was] bitter ofH4751
נָ֑פֶשׁNa.feshsoulH5315
וַתִּתְפַּלֵּ֥לva.tit.pa.Leland she prayedH6419
עַל\־'al-toH5921
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וּבָכֹ֥הu.va.Khohand utterly <to weep>H1058
תִבְכֶּֽה\׃tiv.Kehshe weptH1058

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 1:10

  • Job 7:11

    Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 10:1

    My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Luke 22:44

    And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

  • Psalms 91:15

    He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

  • Hebrews 5:7

    Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

  • Isaiah 54:6

    For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

  • Judges 21:2

    And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

  • Psalms 50:15

    And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

  • Job 9:18

    He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

  • Isaiah 38:15

    What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Ruth 1:20

    And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

  • 2 Kings 20:3

    I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
in bitterness of soul. Heb. bitter of soul.
Ru 1:20; 2Sa 17:8; Job 7:11; 9:18; 10:1; Isa 38:15; 54:6; La 3:15
prayed.
Ps 50:15; 91:15; Lu 22:44; Heb 5:7
wept sore.
Ge 50:10; Jud 21:2; 2Sa 13:36; 2Ki 20:3; Jer 13:17; 22:10

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 1:9

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 1:10

    And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.

  • 1 Samuel 1:11

    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 of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

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1 Samuel 1:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ella con amargura de alma oró á Jehová, y lloró abundantemente.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et elle avait l’amertume dans l’âme, et elle pria l’ Éternel et pleura abondamment.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie war bitteren Gemütes, und sie flehte zu Jehova und weinte sehr.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
cum esset Anna amaro animo, oravit ad Dominum, flens largiter,