10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.

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10 In her deep anguish(A) Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly.

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11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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11 “Therefore I will not keep silent;(A)
    I will speak out in the anguish(B) of my spirit,
    I will complain(C) in the bitterness of my soul.(D)

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44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

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44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 22:44 Many early manuscripts do not have verses 43 and 44.

10 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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10 “I loathe my very life;(A)
    therefore I will give free rein to my complaint
    and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.(B)

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Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

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During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions(A) with fervent cries and tears(B) to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard(C) because of his reverent submission.(D)

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15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

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15 He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    I will deliver him and honor him.(A)

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For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

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The Lord will call you back(A)
    as if you were a wife deserted(B) and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,(C)
    only to be rejected,” says your God.

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And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

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The people went to Bethel,[a] where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly.

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  1. Judges 21:2 Or to the house of God

15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

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15 He has filled me with bitter herbs
    and given me gall to drink.(A)

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10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

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10 Do not weep for the dead(A) king or mourn(B) his loss;
    rather, weep bitterly for him who is exiled,
because he will never return(C)
    nor see his native land again.

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15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

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15 But what can I say?(A)
    He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this.(B)
I will walk humbly(C) all my years
    because of this anguish of my soul.(D)

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15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

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15 and call(A) on me in the day of trouble;(B)
    I will deliver(C) you, and you will honor(D) me.”

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18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

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18 He would not let me catch my breath
    but would overwhelm me with misery.(A)

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