NET Bible
"Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman. It’s just that, to this point, I have spoken from my deep pain and anguish.”"
— 1 Samuel 1:16, NET Bible
“Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.”
“Count not thy handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto. ”
“Don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation."”
“Count not thy handmaid for one of the daughters of Belial: for out of the abundance of my sorrow and grief have I spoken till now.”
“Do not take your servant to be a good-for-nothing woman: for my words have come from my stored-up sorrow and pain.”
“Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.”
As for Hannah, she was speaking in her mind. Only her lips were moving; her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was a drunkard.
Then he said to her,“How much longer do you intend to get drunk? Put away your wine!”
But Hannah replied,“Not so, my lord! I am a woman under a great deal of stress. I haven’t drunk wine or beer. But I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman. It’s just that, to this point, I have spoken from my deep pain and anguish.”
Eli replied,“Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the request that you have asked of him.”
She said,“May I, your servant, find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and got something to eat. Her face no longer looked sad.
They got up early the next morning. Then they worshiped the LORD and returned to their home at Ramathaim. Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the LORD called her to mind.