1 Samuel 1:6-8

New International Version

⁶Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.^(A) ⁷This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat.^(B) ⁸Her husband Elkanah would say to her, “Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don’t you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don’t I mean more to you than ten sons?^(C)”

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1 Samuel 1:6-8

English Standard Version

⁶And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb. ⁷So it went on year by year. As often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat. ⁸And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? ^(A)Am I not more to you than ten sons?”

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1 Samuel 1:6-8

New American Standard Bible

⁶Her rival, moreover, ^(A)would provoke her bitterly to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb. ⁷And it happened year after year, as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, that she would provoke her; so she wept and would not eat. ⁸Then Elkanah her husband would say to her, “Hannah, why do you weep, and why do you not eat, and why is your heart sad? ^(B)Am I not better to you than ten sons?”