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Elkanah and His Wives

1 Samuel 1:6

In 11 translations

BSB
Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.
KJV
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.provoked: Heb. angered
WEB
Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.
ASV
And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.
LSV
and her rival has also provoked her greatly, so as to make her tremble, for YHWH has shut up her womb.
YLT
and her adversity hath also provoked her greatly, so as to make her tremble, for Jehovah hath shut up her womb.
DBY
And her adversary provoked her much also, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.
DRC
Her rival also afflicted her, and troubled her exceedingly, insomuch that she upbraided her, that the Lord had shut up her womb:
GNV
And her aduersarie vexed her sore, forasmuch as she vpbraided her, because the Lord had made her barren.
JPS
And her rival vexed her sore, to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
LXXE
For the Lord gave her no child in her affliction, and according to the despondency of her affliction; and she was dispirited on this account, that the Lord shut up her womb so as not to give her a child.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְכִֽעֲסַ֤תָּה צָֽרָתָהּ֙ גַּם־כַּ֔עַס בַּעֲב֖וּר הַרְּעִמָ֑הּ כִּֽי־סָגַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה בְּעַ֥ד רַחְמָֽהּ׃
LXX-Br
ὅτι οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτῇ Κύριος παιδίον κατὰ τὴν θλίψιν αὐτῆς, καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἀθυμίαν τῆς θλίψεως αὐτῆς· καὶ ἠθύμει διὰ τοῦτο, ὅτι συνέκλεισε Κύριος τὰ περὶ τὴν μήτραν αὐτῆς τοῦ μὴ δοῦναι αὐτῇ παιδίον.

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  • Job 24:21They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
  • Job 6:14A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
  • Leviticus 18:18You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.

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