1 Samuel 1:16 - Compare All Versions
1 Samuel 1:16 NIV (New International Version)
Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”
1 Samuel 1:16 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.”
1 Samuel 1:16 NLT (New Living Translation)
Don’t think I am a wicked woman! For I have been praying out of great anguish and sorrow.”
1 Samuel 1:16 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Don’t think of me as a wicked woman; I’ve been praying from the depth of my anguish and resentment.”
1 Samuel 1:16 KJV (King James Version)
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
1 Samuel 1:16 NKJV (New King James Version)
“Do not consider your maidservant a wicked woman, for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief I have spoken until now.”
1 Samuel 1:15-16 MSG (The Message)
Hannah said, “Oh no, sir—please! I’m a woman brokenhearted. I haven’t been drinking. Not a drop of wine or beer. The only thing I’ve been pouring out is my heart, pouring it out to GOD. Don’t for a minute think I’m a bad woman. It’s because I’m so desperately unhappy and in such pain that I’ve stayed here so long.”
1 Samuel 1:16 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
Do not consider your bond-servant a useless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and provocation.”
1 Samuel 1:16 AMP (Amplified Bible)
Do not regard your maidservant as a wicked and worthless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and [bitter] provocation.”
1 Samuel 1:16 NET (New English Translation)
Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman, for until now I have spoken from my deep pain and anguish.”