1 Samuel 1 · Verse 7

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 1:7, King James Version

1 Samuel 1:7 in other translations

BSBAnd this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.
WEBSo year by year, when she went up to the LORD’s house, her rival provoked her. Therefore she wept, and didn’t eat.
ASVAnd as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Jehovah, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
YLTAnd 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.
DARBYAnd as he did so year by year, as often as she went up to the house of Jehovah, she provoked her thus; and she wept and did not eat.
BBEAnd year by year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, she kept on attacking her, so that Hannah gave herself up to weeping and would take no food.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 1 Samuel 1:7 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 And as he did so year by year - As the whole family went up to Shiloh to the annual festivals, Peninnah had both sons and daughters to accompany her, 1Sam 1:4, but Hannah had none; and Peninnah took this opportunity particularly to twit Hannah with her barrenness, by making an ostentatious exhibition of her children. Therefore she wept - She was greatly distressed, because it was a great reproach to a woman among the Jews to be barren; because, say some, every one hoped that the Messiah should spring from her line.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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…

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1 Samuel 1:7 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.

וְכֵ֨ןve.Khenand thusH3651
יַעֲשֶׂ֜הya.'a.Sehhe didH6213
שָׁנָ֣הsha.Naha yearH8141
בְשָׁנָ֗הve.sha.Nahin a yearH8141
מִדֵּ֤יmi.Deias often asH1767
עֲלֹתָהּ֙'a.lo.Tahwent up sheH5927
בְּבֵ֣יתbe.Veitin [the] house ofH1004
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
כֵּ֖ןkenthusH3651
תַּכְעִסֶ֑נָּהtakh.'i.Se.nahshe provoked herH3707
וַתִּבְכֶּ֖הva.tiv.Kehand she weptH1058
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
תֹאכַֽל\׃to.Khalshe ateH398

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

Cross references for 1 Samuel 1:7

  • 1 Samuel 2:19

    Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
year.
2:19
when she. or, from the time that she. Heb. from her goingup.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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 1:8

    Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

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1 Samuel 1:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y así hacía cada año: cuando subía á la casa de Jehová, enojaba así á la otra; por lo cual ella lloraba, y no comía.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Elkana faisait ainsi d’année en année. Chaque fois qu’elle montait à la maison de l’ Éternel, Peninna la chagrinait ainsi; et elle pleurait, et ne mangeait pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und so wie er das Jahr für Jahr tat, also kränkte sie sie, so oft sie zum Hause Jehovas hinaufzog; und sie weinte und aß nicht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
sicque faciebat per singulos annos: cum redeunte tempore ascenderent ad templum Domini, et sic provocabat eam: porro illa flebat, et non capiebat cibum.