1 Samuel 1:8

KJV

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?

— 1 Samuel 1:8, King James Version
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Context

This verse from 1 Samuel Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. Hannah, one of Elkanah's two wives and the one without children, prays with bitter weeping at the Shiloh tabernacle, vowing to give a son to God as a Nazirite; the priest Eli initially thinks her drunk but then blesses her. …

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Other Translations

ASV

And Elkanah her husband said unto 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?

YLT

And Elkanah her husband saith to her, `Hannah, why weepest thou? and why dost thou not eat? and why is thy heart afflicted? am I not better to thee than ten sons?'

BBE

Then her husband Elkanah said to her, Hannah, why are you weeping? and why are you taking no food? why is your heart troubled? am I not more to you than ten sons?

Cross References