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1 Samuel 1:16

New American Standard Bible

16 Do not consider your bond-servant a useless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and provocation.”

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American Standard Version

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

Christian Standard Bible

Don’t think of me as a wicked woman; I’ve been praying from the depth of my anguish and resentment.”

English Standard Version

Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.”

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.

New International Version

Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”

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.”

New Living Translation

Don’t think I am a wicked woman! For I have been praying out of great anguish and sorrow.”

World English Bible

Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation.”