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World English Bible

1 Samuel 1 (WEBP)

[1] Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
[2] He had two wives. The name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
[3] This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there.
[4] When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters;
[5] but he gave a double portion to Hannah, for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb.
[6] Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.
[7] So year by year, when she went up to Yahweh’s house, her rival provoked her. Therefore she wept, and didn’t eat.
[8] Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
[9] So Hannah rose up after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of Yahweh’s temple.
[10] She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, weeping bitterly.
[11] She vowed a vow, and said, “Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look at the affliction of your servant and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head.”
[12] As she continued praying before Yahweh, Eli saw her mouth.
[13] Now Hannah spoke in her heart. Only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.
[14] Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Get rid of your wine!”
[15] Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have not been drinking wine or strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.
[16] Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation.”
[17] Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.”
[18] She said, “Let your servant find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate; and her facial expression wasn’t sad any more.
[19] They rose up in the morning early and worshiped Yahweh, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her.
[20] When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of Yahweh.”
[21] The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice and his vow.
[22] But Hannah didn’t go up, for she said to her husband, “Not until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before Yahweh, and stay there forever.”
[23] Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only may Yahweh establish his word.” So the woman waited and nursed her son until she weaned him.
[24] When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, and one ephah of meal, and a container of wine, and brought him to Yahweh’s house in Shiloh. The child was young.
[25] They killed the bull, and brought the child to Eli.
[26] She said, “Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to Yahweh.
[27] I prayed for this child, and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him.
[28] Therefore I have also given him to Yahweh. As long as he lives he is given to Yahweh.” He worshiped Yahweh there.

1 Samuel 1:3 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
1 Samuel 1:17 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for “heard by God.”
1 Samuel 1:24 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about ²⁄₃ of a bushel

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Samuel 1 (KJVS)

[1] Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
[2] and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
[3] And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.
[4] And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
[5] but unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.
[6] And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
[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.
[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?
[9] So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord.
[10] And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
[11] And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
[12] And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth.
[13] Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
[14] And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
[15] And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.
[16] Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
[17] Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
[18] And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
[19] And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her.
[20] Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.
[21] And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
[22] But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and there abide for ever.
[23] And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the Lord establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
[24] And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child was young.
[25] And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
[26] And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord.
[27] For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
[28] therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there.

1 Samuel 1:3 Heb. from year to year
1 Samuel 1:5 Or, a double portion
1 Samuel 1:6 Heb. angered her
1 Samuel 1:7 Or, from the time that she, etc: Heb. from her going up
1 Samuel 1:11 Heb. seed of men
1 Samuel 1:12 Heb. multiplied to pray
1 Samuel 1:15 Heb. hard of spirit
1 Samuel 1:16 Or, meditation
1 Samuel 1:20a Heb. revelation of days
1 Samuel 1:20b That is, asked of God
1 Samuel 1:28a Or, returned him, whom I have obtained by petition to the LORD
1 Samuel 1:28b Or, he whom I have obtained by petiotion, shall be returned

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Samuel 1 (BYZ)

[1] Ἄνθρωπος () ἦν () ἐξ () Αρμαθαιμ Σιφα ἐξ () ὄρους () Εφραιμ, () καὶ () ὄνομα () αὐτῷ () Ελκανα υἱὸς () Ιερεμεηλ υἱοῦ () Ηλιου υἱοῦ () Θοκε ἐν () Νασιβ Εφραιμ. ()
[2] Καὶ () τούτῳ () δύο () γυναῖκες· () ὄνομα () τῇ () μιᾷ () Αννα, () καὶ () ὄνομα () τῇ () δευτέρᾳ () Φεννανα· καὶ () ἦν () τῇ () Φεννανα παιδία, () καὶ () τῇ () Αννα () οὐκ () ἦν () παιδίον. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἀνέβαινεν () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () ἐξ () ἡμερῶν () εἰς () ἡμέρας () ἐκ () πόλεως () αὐτοῦ () ἐξ () Αρμαθαιμ προσκυνεῖν () καὶ () θύειν () τῷ () κυρίῳ () θεῷ () σαβαωθ () εἰς () Σηλω· καὶ () ἐκεῖ () Ηλι () καὶ () οἱ () δύο () υἱοὶ () αὐτοῦ () Οφνι καὶ () Φινεες ἱερεῖς () τοῦ () κυρίου. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ἡμέρᾳ () καὶ () ἔθυσεν () Ελκανα καὶ () ἔδωκεν () τῇ () Φεννανα γυναικὶ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () αὐτῆς () καὶ () ταῖς () θυγατράσιν () αὐτῆς () μερίδας· ()
[5] καὶ () τῇ () Αννα () ἔδωκεν () μερίδα () μίαν, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἦν () αὐτῇ () παιδίον· () πλὴν () ὅτι () τὴν () Ανναν () ἠγάπα () Ελκανα ὑπὲρ () ταύτην, () καὶ () κύριος () ἀπέκλεισεν () τὰ () περὶ () τὴν () μήτραν () αὐτῆς· ()
[6] ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔδωκεν () αὐτῇ () κύριος () παιδίον () κατὰ () τὴν () θλῖψιν () αὐτῆς () καὶ () κατὰ () τὴν () ἀθυμίαν τῆς () θλίψεως () αὐτῆς, () καὶ () ἠθύμει () διὰ () τοῦτο, () ὅτι () συνέκλεισεν () κύριος () τὰ () περὶ () τὴν () μήτραν () αὐτῆς () τοῦ () μὴ () δοῦναι () αὐτῇ () παιδίον. ()
[7] Οὕτως () ἐποίει () ἐνιαυτὸν () κατ’ () ἐνιαυτὸν () ἐν () τῷ () ἀναβαίνειν () αὐτὴν () εἰς () οἶκον () κυρίου· () καὶ () ἠθύμει () καὶ () ἔκλαιεν () καὶ () οὐκ () ἤσθιεν.
[8] Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῇ () Ελκανα ὁ () ἀνὴρ () αὐτῆς () Αννα. () Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Ἰδοὺ () ἐγώ, () κύριε. () Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῇ () Τί () ἐστίν () σοι, () ὅτι () κλαίεις; () Καὶ () ἵνα () τί () οὐκ () ἐσθίεις; Καὶ () ἵνα () τί () τύπτει () σε () ἡ () καρδία () σου; () Οὐκ () ἀγαθὸς () ἐγώ () σοι () ὑπὲρ () δέκα () τέκνα; ()
[9] Καὶ () ἀνέστη () Αννα () μετὰ () τὸ () φαγεῖν () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () Σηλω καὶ () κατέστη () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου, () καὶ () Ηλι () ὁ () ἱερεὺς () ἐκάθητο () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () δίφρου ἐπὶ () τῶν () φλιῶν ναοῦ () κυρίου. ()
[10] Καὶ () αὐτὴ () κατώδυνος ψυχῇ () καὶ () προσηύξατο () πρὸς () κύριον () καὶ () κλαίουσα () ἔκλαυσεν ()
[11] καὶ () ηὔξατο () εὐχὴν () κυρίῳ () λέγουσα () Αδωναι κύριε () ελωαι σαβαωθ, () ἐὰν () ἐπιβλέπων () ἐπιβλέψῃς () ἐπὶ () τὴν () ταπείνωσιν () τῆς () δούλης () σου () καὶ () μνησθῇς () μου () καὶ () δῷς () τῇ () δούλῃ () σου () σπέρμα () ἀνδρῶν, () καὶ () δώσω () αὐτὸν () ἐνώπιόν () σου () δοτὸν ἕως () ἡμέρας () θανάτου () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () οἶνον () καὶ () μέθυσμα οὐ () πίεται, () καὶ () σίδηρος () οὐκ () ἀναβήσεται () ἐπὶ () τὴν () κεφαλὴν () αὐτοῦ. ()
[12] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ὅτε () ἐπλήθυνεν () προσευχομένη () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου, () καὶ () Ηλι () ὁ () ἱερεὺς () ἐφύλαξεν () τὸ () στόμα () αὐτῆς· ()
[13] καὶ () αὐτὴ () ἐλάλει () ἐν () τῇ () καρδίᾳ () αὐτῆς, () καὶ () τὰ () χείλη () αὐτῆς () ἐκινεῖτο, () καὶ () φωνὴ () αὐτῆς () οὐκ () ἠκούετο· () καὶ () ἐλογίσατο () αὐτὴν () Ηλι () εἰς () μεθύουσαν. ()
[14] Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῇ () τὸ () παιδάριον () Ηλι () Ἕως () πότε () μεθυσθήσῃ; () Περιελοῦ () τὸν () οἶνόν () σου () καὶ () πορεύου () ἐκ () προσώπου () κυρίου. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () Αννα () καὶ () εἶπεν () Οὐχί, () κύριε· () γυνή, () ᾗ () σκληρὰ () ἡμέρα, () ἐγώ () εἰμι () καὶ () οἶνον () καὶ () μέθυσμα οὐ () πέπωκα () καὶ () ἐκχέω () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου· ()
[16] μὴ () δῷς () τὴν () δούλην () σου () εἰς () θυγατέρα () λοιμήν, () ὅτι () ἐκ () πλήθους () ἀδολεσχίας μου () ἐκτέτακα () ἕως () νῦν. ()
[17] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () Ηλι () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῇ () Πορεύου () εἰς () εἰρήνην· () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ () δῴη () σοι () πᾶν () αἴτημά () σου, () ὃ () ᾐτήσω () παρ’ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[18] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Εὗρεν () ἡ () δούλη () σου () χάριν () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () σου. () Καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () ἡ () γυνὴ () εἰς () τὴν () ὁδὸν () αὐτῆς () καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () εἰς () τὸ () κατάλυμα () αὐτῆς () καὶ () ἔφαγεν () μετὰ () τοῦ () ἀνδρὸς () αὐτῆς () καὶ () ἔπιεν, () καὶ () τὸ () πρόσωπον () αὐτῆς () οὐ () συνέπεσεν ἔτι. ()
[19] Καὶ () ὀρθρίζουσιν () τὸ () πρωῒ () καὶ () προσκυνοῦσιν () τῷ () κυρίῳ () καὶ () πορεύονται () τὴν () ὁδὸν () αὐτῶν. () Καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () Ελκανα εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () αὐτοῦ () Αρμαθαιμ καὶ () ἔγνω () τὴν () Ανναν () γυναῖκα () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἐμνήσθη () αὐτῆς () κύριος, ()
[20] καὶ () συνέλαβεν. () Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () τῷ () καιρῷ () τῶν () ἡμερῶν () καὶ () ἔτεκεν () υἱόν· () καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () Σαμουηλ () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ὅτι () παρὰ () κυρίου () θεοῦ () σαβαωθ () ᾐτησάμην () αὐτόν. ()
[21] Καὶ () ἀνέβη () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () Ελκανα καὶ () πᾶς () ὁ () οἶκος () αὐτοῦ () θῦσαι () ἐν () Σηλωμ τὴν () θυσίαν () τῶν () ἡμερῶν () καὶ () τὰς () εὐχὰς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () πάσας () τὰς () δεκάτας () τῆς () γῆς () αὐτοῦ· ()
[22] καὶ () Αννα () οὐκ () ἀνέβη () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () εἶπεν () τῷ () ἀνδρὶ () αὐτῆς () Ἕως () τοῦ () ἀναβῆναι () τὸ () παιδάριον, () ἐὰν () ἀπογαλακτίσω αὐτό, () καὶ () ὀφθήσεται () τῷ () προσώπῳ () κυρίου () καὶ () καθήσεται () ἐκεῖ () ἕως () αἰῶνος. ()
[23] Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῇ () Ελκανα ὁ () ἀνὴρ () αὐτῆς () Ποίει () τὸ () ἀγαθὸν () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () σου· () κάθου, () ἕως () ἂν () ἀπογαλακτίσῃς αὐτό· () ἀλλὰ () στήσαι () κύριος () τὸ () ἐξελθὸν () ἐκ () τοῦ () στόματός () σου. () Καὶ () ἐκάθισεν () ἡ () γυνὴ () καὶ () ἐθήλασεν () τὸν () υἱὸν () αὐτῆς, () ἕως () ἂν () ἀπογαλακτίσῃ αὐτόν. ()
[24] Καὶ () ἀνέβη () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () Σηλωμ ἐν () μόσχῳ () τριετίζοντι καὶ () ἄρτοις () καὶ () οιφι σεμιδάλεως () καὶ () νεβελ οἴνου () καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () εἰς () οἶκον () κυρίου () ἐν () Σηλωμ, καὶ () τὸ () παιδάριον () μετ’ () αὐτῶν. ()
[25] Καὶ () προσήγαγον () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου, () καὶ () ἔσφαξεν () ὁ () πατὴρ () αὐτοῦ () τὴν () θυσίαν, () ἣν () ἐποίει () ἐξ () ἡμερῶν () εἰς () ἡμέρας () τῷ () κυρίῳ, () καὶ () προσήγαγεν () τὸ () παιδάριον () καὶ () ἔσφαξεν () τὸν () μόσχον. () Καὶ () προσήγαγεν () Αννα () ἡ () μήτηρ () τοῦ () παιδαρίου () πρὸς () Ηλι ()
[26] καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἐν () ἐμοί, () κύριε· () ζῇ () ἡ () ψυχή () σου, () ἐγὼ () ἡ () γυνὴ () ἡ () καταστᾶσα () ἐνώπιόν () σου () ἐν () τῷ () προσεύξασθαι () πρὸς () κύριον· ()
[27] ὑπὲρ () τοῦ () παιδαρίου () τούτου () προσηυξάμην, () καὶ () ἔδωκέν () μοι () κύριος () τὸ () αἴτημά () μου, () ὃ () ᾐτησάμην () παρ’ () αὐτοῦ· ()
[28] κἀγὼ () κιχρῶ αὐτὸν () τῷ () κυρίῳ () πάσας () τὰς () ἡμέρας, () ἃς () ζῇ () αὐτός, () χρῆσιν () τῷ () κυρίῳ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.