1 Samuel 1 · Verse 14

1 Samuel 1:14

And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
1 Samuel 1:14, King James Version

1 Samuel 1:14 in other translations

BSBand said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
WEBEli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Get rid of your wine!”
ASVAnd Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
YLTAnd Eli saith unto her, ‘Until when are thou drunken? turn aside thy wine from thee.'
DARBYAnd Eli said to her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
BBEAnd Eli said to her, How long are you going to be the worse for drink? Put away the effects of your wine from you.
WebsterAnd Eli said to her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

What does 1 Samuel 1:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 1:12-18

12-18. Eli marked her mouth--The suspicion of the aged priest seems to indicate that the vice of intemperance was neither uncommon nor confined to one sex in those times of disorder. This mistaken impression was immediately removed, and, in the words, "God grant," or rather, "will grant," was followed by an invocation which, as Hannah regarded it in the light of a prophecy pointing to the accomplishment of her…

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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 1:14 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.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙'e.Lei.hato herH413
עֵלִ֔י'e.LiEliH5941
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
מָתַ֖יma.Taiwhen?H4970
תִּשְׁתַּכָּרִ֑יןtish.ta.ka.Rinwill you be drunk !H7937
הָסִ֥ירִיha.Si.riremoveH5493
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יֵינֵ֖ךְyei.Nekhwine yourH3196
מֵעָלָֽיִךְ\׃me.'a.La.yikhfrom with <the> youH5921

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

Cross references for 1 Samuel 1:14

  • Ephesians 4:31

    Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

  • Proverbs 6:9

    How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

  • Job 22:23

    If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

  • Ephesians 4:25

    Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

  • Psalms 62:3

    How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

  • Joshua 22:12-20

    And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them. And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel. And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, …

  • Job 11:14

    If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

  • Job 8:2

    How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

  • Proverbs 4:24

    Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Matthew 7:1-3

    Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

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How long.
Jos 22:12-20; Job 8:2; Ps 62:3; Pr 6:9; Mt 7:1-3
put away.
Job 11:14; 22:23; Pr 4:24; Eph 4:25,31

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 1:13

    Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

  • 1 Samuel 1:14

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

  • 1 Samuel 1:15

    And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.

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1 Samuel 1:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces le dijo Eli: ¿Hasta cuándo estarás borracha?; digiere tu vino.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Éli lui dit: Jusques à quand seras-tu ivre? Ôte ton vin d’avec toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Eli sprach zu ihr: Bis wann willst du dich wie eine Trunkene gebärden? Tue deinen Wein von dir!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		dixitque ei: Usquequo ebria eris? digere paulisper vinum, quo mades.