1 Samuel 1:6
“And her aduersary also prouoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut vp her wombe.)”
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1 Samuel 1:6 Context
4¶ And when the time was, that Elkanah offered, he gaue to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sonnes, and her daughters, portions. 5But vnto Hannah he gaue a worthy portion: (for he loued Hannah, but the Lord had shut vp her wombe. 6And her aduersary also prouoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut vp her wombe.) 7And as he did so yeere by yeere, when she went vp to the house of the Lord, so she prouoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. 8Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieued? Am not I better to thee, then ten sonnes?
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And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
- King James Version
Her rival, however, would provoke her bitterly to irritate her, because the LORD had closed her womb.
- New American Standard Version (1995)