1SA 1:13 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Now Hannah was praying from her heart, and her lips were moving but she wasn’t speaking aloud. Eli thought she must be drunk,

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ αὕτη ἐλάλει ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰ χείλη αὐτῆς ἐκινεῖτο, καὶ φωνὴ αὐτῆς οὐκ ἠκούετο· καὶ ἐλογίσατο αὐτὴν Ἡλὶ εἰς μεθύουσαν.
(Kai hautaʸ elalei en taʸ kardia autaʸs, kai ta ⱪeilaʸ autaʸs ekineito, kai fōnaʸ autaʸs ouk aʸkoueto; kai elogisato autaʸn Haʸli eis methuousan. )

BrTr And she was speaking in her heart, and her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: and Heli accounted her a drunken woman.

ULT Now Hannah, she was speaking to her heart, only her lips were quivering and her voice was not heard. So Eli thought of her as drunk.

UST But Hannah was only praying silently; she was not making any sound. So Eli thought that she was drunk.

BSB Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard.
§ So Eli thought she was drunk

OEB Now Hannah was speaking to herself. Only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard; therefore Eli took her for a drunken woman.

WEBBE Now Hannah spoke in her heart. Only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Now Hannah was speaking from her heart. Although her lips were moving, her voice was inaudible. Eli therefore thought she was drunk.

LSV and Hannah, she is speaking over her heart—only her lips are moving, and her voice is not heard, and Eli reckons her to be drunken.

FBV Hannah was praying in her head, and though her lips were moving, her voice made no sound. Eli thought she must be drunk.

T4T But Hannah was only praying silently; she was not making any sound. So Eli thought that she was drunk.

LEB Now Hannah had been speaking in her heart; her lips were moving, but her voice could not be heard, so Eli considered her to be drunk.

BBE For Hannah's prayer came from her heart, and though her lips were moving she made no sound: so it seemed to Eli that she was overcome with wine.

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JPS Now Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice could not be heard; therefore, Eli thought she had been drunken.

ASV Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

DRA Now Anna spoke in her heart, and only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard at all. Heli therefore thought her to be drunk,

YLT and Hannah, she is speaking to her heart, only her lips are moving, and her voice is not heard, and Eli reckoneth her to be drunken.

Drby Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard; and Eli thought she was drunken.

RV Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

Wbstr Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

KJB-1769 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
(Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunkn. )

KJB-1611 Now Hannah, shee spake in her heart; onely her lippes mooued, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had beene drunken.
(Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lippes moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunkn.)

Bshps For Hanna spake in her hearte, & her lippes did but moue onely, but her voyce was not hearde, & therfore Eli thought she had ben drunken.
(For Hanna spake in her hearte, and her lippes did but move only, but her voice was not heard, and therefore Eli thought she had been drunkn.)

Gnva For Hannah spake in her heart: her lips did moue onely, but her voyce was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had bene drunken.
(For Hannah spake in her heart: her lips did move only, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunkn. )

Cvdl for Anna spake in hir hert, hir lippes onely moued, but hir voyce was not herde. Then thoughte Eli she had bene dronken,
(for Anna spake in her heart, her lippes only moved, but her voice was not heard. Then thought Eli she had been dronken,)

Wycl Forsothe Anna spak in hir herte, and oneli hir lippis weren mouyd, and outerly hir vois was not herd. Therfor Hely gesside hir drunkun,
(Forsothe Anna spake in her heart, and oneli her lippis were moved, and outerly her voice was not herd. Therefore Hely gesside her drunkun,)

Luth Denn Hanna redete in ihrem Herzen; allein ihre Lippen regten sich, und ihre Stimme hörete man nicht. Da meinte Eli, sie wäre trunken,
(Because Hanna talked in their hearts; alone their/her lips regten sich, and their/her voice heard man not. So meinte Eli, they/she/them wäre drink,)

ClVg Porro Anna loquebatur in corde suo, tantumque labia illius movebantur, et vox penitus non audiebatur. Æstimavit ergo eam Heli temulentam,
(Further Anna loquebatur in corde suo, tantumque labia illius movebantur, and voice penitus not/no audiebatur. Æstimavit therefore her Heli temulentam, )

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Vows to God

The essence of a vow to God is, “If God will do X, then I will dedicate Y” to God or his sanctuary. Examples include Jacob’s tithing (Gen 28:20-22), the Israelites’ dealing with the Canaanite spoils of war (Num 21:2), Hannah’s dedicating her son as a lifelong servant of the Lord (1 Sam 1:11), and Absalom’s sacrificing to God at Hebron (2 Sam 15:8).

Guidelines for vows are frequently mentioned in the sacrificial laws. Israelites made vows conditional upon God’s granting their requests. Then they would pay or fulfill their vows to God, often by giving offerings (e.g., Lev 7:16; 22:23; Deut 12:11).

However, vows could be abused. The law itself warns against this (Deut 23:21-23), as do the wisdom teachings (e.g., Prov 7:10-14; 20:25) and the books of the prophets (see, e.g., Jer 44:25). Saul was prone both to make foolish vows (1 Sam 14:24-28) and to not keep the vows he made (19:6). Impulsive vows might go unfulfilled and never paid, arousing God’s anger. Not making a vow is better than backing out of one (Eccl 5:3-5). Jesus counsels us not to make vows, but simply to keep our word (Matt 5:33-37; cp. Jas 5:12).

Passages for Further Study

Gen 28:20-22; Num 21:2-3; 30:1-16; Deut 23:18-23; Judg 11:30-40; 1 Sam 1:11, 24-28; 14:24-45; Ps 76:11; Prov 20:25; Eccl 5:3-5; Mal 1:14; Matt 5:33-37; Acts 18:18; 21:23-24; Jas 5:12

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

וְ⁠חַנָּ֗ה הִ֚יא מְדַבֶּ֣רֶת עַל־לִבָּ֔⁠הּ רַ֚ק שְׂפָתֶ֣י⁠הָ נָּע֔וֹת וְ⁠קוֹלָ֖⁠הּ לֹ֣א יִשָּׁמֵ֑עַ וַ⁠יַּחְשְׁבֶ֥⁠הָ עֵלִ֖י לְ⁠שִׁכֹּרָֽה

and=Ḩannāh she/it she/it_was_speaking on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in her/its=heart only her/its=lips they_were_shaking and=her/its=voice not he/it_was_heard and=he/it_considered=her/it ˊĒlī to=be_drunk(fs)

If it would be misunderstood in you language, you could arrange the order of events in a way that is most natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Now Hannah was silently praying. And Eli assumed that she was drunk, because she was not making any sound, only her lips were moving”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מְדַבֶּ֣רֶת עַל־לִבָּ֔⁠הּ

she/it_was_speaking on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in her/its=heart

Here, heart is used figuratively. Use the term or phrase that would be most natural in your language. If you do not have a figurative way to express this in your language you could express the meaning in a non-figurative way. See UST.

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