5But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.


In Context

2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

1 Samuel 1:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:5But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5but to Hannah he used to give a double portion, for he loved Hannah; but Jehovah had shut up her womb.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:5But to Anna he gave one portion with sorrow, because he loved Anna. And the Lord had shut up her womb.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:5but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Jehovah had shut up her womb.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:5but unto Hannah he gave a double portion: for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had shut up her womb.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5But to Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah; but the LORD had rendered her barren.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5but to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5and to Hannah he giveth a certain portion — double, for he hath loved Hannah, and Jehovah hath shut her womb;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5But to Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.