撒母耳记上 1:8

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

她的丈夫以利加拿對她說：“哈拿，你為甚麼哭泣？為甚麼不吃飯，為甚麼心裡難過呢？你有我不是比有十個兒子更好嗎？”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
他 丈 夫 以 利 加 拿 对 他 说 ： 哈 拿 啊 ， 你 为 何 哭 泣 ， 不 吃 饭 ， 心 里 愁 闷 呢 ？ 有 我 不 比 十 个 儿 子 还 好 麽 ？

Contextual Overview

¹ There was a man named Elkanah son of Jeroham from Ramathaim in the mountains of Ephraim. Elkanah was from the family of Zuph. (Jeroham was Elihu's son. Elihu was Tohu's son, and Tohu was the son of Zuph from the family group of Ephraim.) ² Elkanah had two wives named Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none. ³ Every year Elkanah left his town of Ramah and went up to Shiloh to worship the Lord All-Powerful and to offer sacrifices to him. Shiloh was where Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, served as priests of the Lord . ⁴ When Elkanah offered sacrifices, he always gave a share of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to her sons and daughters. ⁵ But Elkanah always gave a special share of the meat to Hannah, because he loved Hannah and because the Lord had kept her from having children. ⁶ Peninnah would tease Hannah and upset her, because the Lord had made her unable to have children. ⁷ This happened every year when they went up to the house of the Lord at Shiloh. Peninnah would upset Hannah until Hannah would cry and not eat anything. ⁸ Her husband Elkanah would say to her, "Hannah, why are you crying and why won't you eat? Why are you sad? Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

why weepest: 2 Samuel 12:16, 2 Samuel 12:17, 2 Kings 8:12, Job 6:14, John 20:13, John 20:15, 1 Thessalonians 5:14

am not: Ruth 4:15, Psalms 43:4, Isaiah 54:1, Isaiah 54:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 40:7 - Wherefore Leviticus 10:19 - should 2 Kings 4:14 - she hath no child 2 Kings 6:28 - What aileth thee Psalms 102:4 - so that Isaiah 56:5 - better Acts 21:13 - to weep

Cross-References

Genesis 1:5
God named the light "day" and the darkness "night." Evening passed, and morning came. This was the first day.

Genesis 1:10
God named the dry land "earth" and the water that was gathered together "seas." God saw that this was good.

Genesis 1:13
Evening passed, and morning came. This was the third day.

Genesis 1:19
Evening passed, and morning came. This was the fourth day.

Genesis 1:23
Evening passed, and morning came. This was the fifth day.

Genesis 1:31
God looked at everything he had made, and it was very good. Evening passed, and morning came. This was the sixth day.

Genesis 5:2
He created them male and female, and on that day he blessed them and named them human beings.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou?.... Since it was a time of rejoicing, as every festival was, especially at the ingathering of the fruits of the earth:

and why eatest thou not? since they were at a feast, and she had the best part and portion of the provision:

and why is thy heart grieved? to such a degree that she could neither eat nor drink:

am not I better to thee than ten sons? which, as Jarchi says, Peninnah had borne to him; his meaning is, that the share she had in his love and affections ought to have been esteemed by her more than if she had ten or many children by him; and it suggests that Peninnah would have been glad to have such a share in his affections as Hannah had; and it would have been more eligible to her, than to have borne him so many children as she had.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 1:8. Am not I better to thee than ten sons? — TEN, a certain for an uncertain number. Is not my especial affection to thee better than all the comfort thou couldst gain, even from a numerous family?