1 Samuel 1:13
 1 Samuel 1:13 
New International Version (©2011)
Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk

New Living Translation (©2007)
Seeing her lips moving but hearing no sound, he thought she had been drinking.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
As for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart, only her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Hannah was praying silently, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. Eli thought she was drunk

International Standard Version (©2012)
Hannah was praying inwardly. Her lips were quivering, and her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.

NET Bible (©2006)
Now Hannah was speaking from her heart. Although her lips were moving, her voice was inaudible. Eli therefore thought she was drunk.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
She was praying silently. Her voice couldn't be heard; only her lips were moving. Eli thought she was drunk.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunk.

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

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now Anna spoke in her heart, and only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard at all. Heli therefore thought her to be drunk,

Darby Bible Translation
Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard; and Eli thought she was drunken.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

World English Bible
Now Hannah spoke in her heart. Only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

Young's Literal Translation
and Hannah, she is speaking to her heart, only her lips are moving, and her voice is not heard, and Eli reckoneth her to be drunken.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now Hannah, she spake in her heart,.... It was mental prayer she used, some ejaculations of her mind she sent up to God, which she was sensible were well known to him, and she needed not to express vocally:

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Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Spake in her heart; only her lips moved - She prayed; her whole heart was engaged: and though she spake not with an audible voice, yet her lips formed themselves according to the pronunciation of the words which her heart uttered.


Geneva Study Bible

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


Wesley's Notes

1:13 Drunken - Because of the multitude of her words, and those motions of her face and body, which the vehemency of her passion, and the fervency in prayer occasioned.


1 Samuel 1:13 Parallel Commentaries
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Hannah Prays for a Son
12And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. 13Now Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. 14And Eli said to her, How long will you be drunken? put away your wine from you. …

Genesis 24:42 "When I came to the spring today, I said, 'LORD, God of my master Abraham, if you will, please grant success to the journey on which I have come.
Genesis 24:45 "Before I finished praying in my heart, Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'
1 Samuel 1:12 As she kept on praying to the LORD, Eli observed her mouth.