1 Samuel 1:16 - Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Regard not your handmaid as a wicked woman; for out of my great complaint and bitter provocation I have been speaking.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Don’t think your servant is some good-for-nothing woman. This whole time I’ve been praying out of my great worry and trouble!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

You should not repute your handmaid as one of the daughters of Belial. For I have been speaking from the abundance of my sorrow and grief, even until now."