American Standard Version - King James Version

 1:1 ¶ 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:

 1:1 ¶ Now there wasº a certainº manº ofº Ramathaimzophim,º of mountºº Ephraim,º and his nameº [was] Elkanah,º the sonº of Jeroham,º the sonº of Elihu,º the sonº of Tohu,º the sonº of Zuph,º an Ephrathite:ºº

 1:2 and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

 1:2 And he had twoº wives;º the nameº of the oneº [was] Hannah,º and the nameº of the otherº Peninnah:º and Peninnahº hadº children,º but Hannahº had noº children.º

 1:3 And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Jehovah, were there.

 1:3 And thisº manº went upºº out of his cityºº yearlyºº to worshipºº and to sacrificeºº unto the LORDº of hostsº in Shiloh.º And the twoº sonsº of Eli,º Hophniº and Phinehas,º the priestsº of the LORD,º [were] there.º

 1:4 ¶ And when the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

 1:4 ¶ And when the timeº wasº that Elkanahº offered,ºº he gaveºº to Peninnahº his wife,º and to allº her sonsº and her daughters,º portions:º

 1:5 but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Jehovah had shut up her womb.

 1:5 But unto Hannahº he gaveºº aº worthyº portion;º forº he lovedººº Hannah:º but the LORDº had shut upºº her womb.º

 1:6 And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

 1:6 And her adversaryº alsoº provokedºº her sore,º for toº make her fret,ºº becauseº the LORDº had shutºº upºº her womb.º

 1:7 And [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Jehovah, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

 1:7 And [as] he didºº soº yearº by year,º whenºº she went upºº to the houseºº of the LORD,º soº she provokedºº her; therefore she wept,ºº and did notº eat.ºº

 1:8 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?

 1:8 Then saidºº Elkanahº her husbandº to her, Hannah,º whyº weepestºº thou? and whyº eatestºº thou not?º and whyº is thy heartº grieved?ººº [am] notº Iº betterº to thee than tenºº sons?º

 1:9 ¶ So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest was sitting upon his seat by the door-post of the temple of Jehovah.

 1:9 ¶ So Hannahº rose upºº afterº they had eatenºº in Shiloh,º and afterº they had drunk.ºº Now Eliº the priestº satºº uponº a seatº byº a postº of the templeº of the LORD.º

 1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto Jehovah, and wept sore.

 1:10 And sheº [was] in bitternessº of soul,º and prayedºº untoº the LORD,º and weptºº sore.ºº

 1:11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto Jehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

 1:11 And she vowedºº a vow,º and said,ºº O LORDº of hosts,º ifº thou wilt indeedºº lookºº on the afflictionº of thine handmaid,º and rememberºº me, and notº forgetººº thine handmaid,º but wilt giveºº unto thine handmaidº a manºº child,º then I will giveºº him unto the LORDº allº the daysº of his life,º and there shall noº razorº comeºº uponº his head.º

 1:12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before Jehovah, that Eli marked her mouth.

 1:12 And it came to pass,º asº she continuedºº prayingºº beforeº the LORD,º that Eliº markedººº her mouth.º

 1:13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

 1:13 Now Hannah,º sheº spakeºº inº her heart;º onlyº her lipsº moved,ºº but her voiceº was notº heard:ºº therefore Eliº thoughtºº she had been drunken.º

 1:14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

 1:14 And Eliº saidºº untoº her, Howº longº wilt thou be drunken?ºº put awayººº thy wineº fromºº thee.

 1:15 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 I poured out my soul before Jehovah.

 1:15 And Hannahº answeredºº and said,ºº No,º my lord,º I [am] a womanº of a sorrowfulº spirit:º Iº have drunkºº neitherº wineº nor strong drink,º but have poured outººº my soulº beforeº the LORD.º

 1:16 Count not thy handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto.

 1:16 Countºº notºº thine handmaidº forº a daughterº of Belial:ºº forº out of the abundanceºº of my complaintº and griefº have I spokenºº hitherto.ºº

 1:17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

 1:17 Then Eliº answeredºº and said,ºº Goººº in peace:º and the Godº of Israelº grantºº [thee]º thy petitionº thatº thou hast askedºº ofºº him.

 1:18 And she said, Let thy handmaid find favor in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat; and her countenance was no more [sad].

 1:18 And she said,ºº Let thine handmaidº findºº graceº in thy sight.º So the womanº wentººº her way,º and did eat,ºº and her countenanceº wasº noº moreº [sad].

 1:19 ¶ And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before Jehovah, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Jehovah remembered her.

 1:19 ¶ And they rose upºº in the morningº early,ººº and worshippedºº beforeº the LORD,º and returned,ºº and cameºº toº their houseº to Ramah:º and Elkanahº knewººº Hannahº his wife;º and the LORDº rememberedºº her.

 1:20 And it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bare a son; and she called his name Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of Jehovah.

 1:20 Wherefore it came to pass,º when the timeº was comeº about after Hannahº had conceived,ºº that she bareºº a son,º and calledººº his nameº Samuel,º [saying], Becauseº I have askedºº him of the LORD.ºº

 1:21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto Jehovah the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

 1:21 And the manº Elkanah,º and allº his house,º went upºº to offerºº unto the LORDºº the yearlyº sacrifice,º and his vow.º

 1:22 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 Jehovah, and there abide for ever.

 1:22 But Hannahº went not up;ººº forº she saidºº unto her husband,º [I will not go up] untilº the childº be weaned,ºº and [then] I will bringºº him, that he may appearººº beforeº the LORD,º and thereº abideºº forº ever.ºº

 1:23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only Jehovah establish his word. So the woman tarried and gave her son suck, until she weaned him.

 1:23 And Elkanahº her husbandº saidºº unto her, Doºº what seemethº thee good;º tarryºº untilº thou have weanedºº him; onlyº the LORDº establishººº his word.º So the womanº abode,ºº and gave her sonº suckºººº untilº she weanedºº him.

 1:24 ¶ And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of Jehovah in Shiloh: and the child was young.

 1:24 ¶ And whenº she had weanedºº him, she took him upºº withº her, with threeº bullocks,º and oneº ephahº of flour,º and a bottleº of wine,º and broughtºº him unto the houseº of the LORDº in Shiloh:º and the childº [was] young.º

 1:25 And they slew the bullock, and brought the child to Eli.

 1:25 And they slewººº a bullock,º and broughtººº the childº toº Eli.º

 1:26 And she said, Oh, my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto Jehovah.

 1:26 And she said,ºº Ohº my lord,º [as] thy soulº liveth,º my lord,º Iº [am] the womanº that stoodºº byº thee here,º prayingºº untoº the LORD.º

 1:27 For this child I prayed; and Jehovah hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

 1:27 Forº thisº childº I prayed;ºº and the LORDº hath givenºº meº my petitionº whichº I askedºº ofºº him:

 1:28 therefore also I have granted him to Jehovah; as long as he liveth he is granted to Jehovah. And he worshipped Jehovah there.

 1:28 Therefore alsoº Iº have lentºº him to the LORD;º as longº asº he livethº heº shall beº lentºº to the LORD.º And he worshippedºº the LORDº there.º