1 Samuel 1:6
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
1 Samuel 1:6 in other translations
| BSB | Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously. |
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| WEB | Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her, because the LORD had shut up her womb. |
| ASV | And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb. |
| YLT | and her adversity hath also provoked her greatly, so as to make her tremble, for Jehovah hath shut up her womb. |
| DARBY | And her adversary provoked her much also, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb. |
| BBE | And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children; |
| Webster | And her adversary also provoked her greatly, to make her fret, because the LORD had made her barren. |
What does 1 Samuel 1:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 1:1-8
Elkanah kept up his attendance at God's altar, notwithstanding the unhappy differences in his family. If the devotions of a family prevail not to put an end to its divisions, yet let not the divisions put a stop to the devotions. To abate our just love to any relation for the sake of any infirmity which they cannot help, and which is their affliction, is to make God's providence quarrel with his precept, and very…
1 Samuel 1:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 1:6
- Job 6:14
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
- Job 24:21
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
- Leviticus 18:18
Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
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Context
- 1 Samuel 1:5
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.
- 1 Samuel 1:6
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
- 1 Samuel 1:7
And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
1 Samuel 1:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y su competidora la irritaba, enojándola y entristeciéndola, porque Jehová había cerrado su matriz. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et son ennemie la chagrinait aigrement, afin de la pousser à l’irritation, parce que l’ Éternel avait fermé sa matrice. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ihre Widersacherin kränkte sie mit vieler Kränkung, um sie aufzubringen, weil Jehova ihren Mutterleib verschlossen hatte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Affligebat quoque eam æmula ejus, et vehementer angebat, in tantum ut exprobraret quod Dominus conclusisset vulvam ejus: |