Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Her husband Elkanah would ask her, "Hannah, why are you crying? Why won't you eat? Why are you always so sad? Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?" New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Then Elcana, her husband, said to her: Anna, why weepest thou? and why dost thou not eat? and why dost thou afflict thy heart? Am not I better to thee than ten children? why weepest 2 Samuel 12:16,17 And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground. . . . 2 Kings 8:12 And Hazael said to him: Why doth my lord weep? And he said: Because I know the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel. Their strong cities thou wilt burn with fire, and their young men thou wilt kill with the sword, and thou wilt dash their children, and rip up their pregnant women. Job 6:14 He that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord. John 20:13,15 They say to her: Woman, why weepest thou? She saith to them: Because they have taken away my Lord: and I know not where they have laid him. . . . 1 Thessalonians 5:14 And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke the unquiet: comfort the feeble minded: support the weak: be patient towards all men. am not Ruth 4:15 And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is born of thy daughter in law: who loveth thee: and is much better to thee, than if thou hadst seven sons. Psalm 43:4 And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my youth. Isaiah 54:1,6 Give praise, O thou barren, that bearest not: sing forth praise, and make a joyful noise, thou that didst not travail with child: for many are the children of the desolate, more than of her that hath a husband, saith the Lord. . . . Context Elkanah and His Wives…7And thus she did every year, when the time returned, that they went up to the temple of the Lord: and thus she provoked her: but Anna wept, and did not eat. 8Then Elcana, her husband, said to her: Anna, why weepest thou? and why dost thou not eat? and why dost thou afflict thy heart? Am not I better to thee than ten children? Cross References Ruth 4:15 And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is born of thy daughter in law: who loveth thee: and is much better to thee, than if thou hadst seven sons. 1 Samuel 1:7 And thus she did every year, when the time returned, that they went up to the temple of the Lord: and thus she provoked her: but Anna wept, and did not eat. Jump to Previous Afflicted Better Eat Eatest Elkanah Elka'nah Hannah Heart Husband Mean Sad Ten Troubled Weep Weepest WeepingJump to Next Afflicted Better Eat Eatest Elkanah Elka'nah Hannah Heart Husband Mean Sad Ten Troubled Weep Weepest WeepingLinks 1 Samuel 1:8 NIV1 Samuel 1:8 NLT 1 Samuel 1:8 ESV 1 Samuel 1:8 NASB 1 Samuel 1:8 Bible Apps 1 Samuel 1:8 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 1:8 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 1:8 French Bible 1 Samuel 1:8 German Bible Alphabetical: Am and are better do don't downhearted eat Elkanah Hannah heart her husband I is mean more not sad said say sons ten than Then to weep weeping why would you your OT History: 1 Samuel 1:8 Elkanah her husband said to her Hannah (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |