1 Samuel 1:13
New International Version
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
Seeing her lips moving but hearing no sound, he thought she had been drinking.

English Standard Version
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.

Berean Standard Bible
Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk

King James 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.

New King James Version
Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.

New American Standard Bible
As for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart, only her lips were quivering, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought that she was drunk.

NASB 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.

NASB 1977
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.

Legacy Standard Bible
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.

Amplified Bible
Hannah was speaking in her heart (mind); only her lips were moving, and her voice was not heard, so Eli thought she was drunk.

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

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

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Hannah was speaking in her heart only, and her lips were moving and her voice was not heard, Eli considered her as drunk

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And she was speaking in her heart, and her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: and Heli accounted her a drunken woman.

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,

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.

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

Good News Translation
She was praying silently; her lips were moving, but she made no sound. So Eli thought that she was drunk,

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

JPS Tanakh 1917
Now Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice could not be heard; therefore, Eli thought she had been drunken.

Literal Standard Version
and Hannah, she is speaking over her heart—only her lips are moving, and her voice is not heard, and Eli reckons her to be drunken.

Majority Standard Bible
Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk

New American Bible
for Hannah was praying silently; though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. Eli, thinking she was drunk,

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

New Revised Standard Version
Hannah was praying silently; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard; therefore Eli thought she was drunk.

New Heart English Bible
And she was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.

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 was drunk.

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.

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Context
Hannah Prays for a Son
12As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth. 13Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk 14and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”…

Cross References
Genesis 24:42
So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!

Genesis 24:45
And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'

1 Samuel 1:12
As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.


Treasury of Scripture

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

spake

Genesis 24:42-45
And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: …

Nehemiah 2:4
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Psalm 25:1
A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

she had

Zechariah 9:15
The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.

Acts 2:13
Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

1 Corinthians 13:7
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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1 Samuel 1
1. Elkanah, a Levite, having two wives, worships yearly at Shiloh
4. He cherishes Hannah, though barren, and provoked by Peninnah
9. Hannah in grief prays for a child
12. Eli first rebuking her, afterwards blesses her
19. Hannah, having born Samuel, stays at home till he is weaned
24. She presents him, according to her vow, to the Lord














(13) Now Hannah, she spake in her heart.--Eli was watching the worshippers, and, as Bunsen well remarks, was struck with dismay at her silent earnestness, such heartfelt prayer being apparently not usual at that time, and remembering the condition of the moral life in the precincts of the sanctuary over which he ruled with so weak and vacillating a rule, and how sadly frequent were disorders at the sacrificial meal, at once suspected that the weeping, praying one was a drunken woman. He, however, quickly atoned for his unworthy suspicion.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Hannah
וְחַנָּ֗ה (wə·ḥan·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 2584: Hannah -- mother of Samuel

was praying
מְדַבֶּ֣רֶת (mə·ḏab·be·reṯ)
Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

in
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

her heart,
לִבָּ֔הּ (lib·bāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

and though
רַ֚ק (raq)
Adverb
Strong's 7535: But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless

her lips
שְׂפָתֶ֣יהָ (śə·p̄ā·ṯe·hā)
Noun - fdc | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin

were moving,
נָּע֔וֹת (nā·‘ō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 5128: To quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter

her voice
וְקוֹלָ֖הּ (wə·qō·w·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

could not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be heard.
יִשָּׁמֵ֑עַ (yiš·šā·mê·a‘)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

So Eli
עֵלִ֖י (‘ê·lî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5941: Eli -- a priest at Shiloh

thought
וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ (way·yaḥ·šə·ḇe·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2803: To think, account

she was drunk
לְשִׁכֹּרָֽה׃ (lə·šik·kō·rāh)
Preposition-l | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7910: Intoxicated, as a, state, a habit


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