1 Samuel 1:8 Cross References - Rotherham

⁸ So Elkanah her husband said to her––Hannah! wherefore shouldst thou weep? and wherefore wilt thou not eat? and wherefore should thy heart be sad? Am, I, not better to thee, than ten sons?

¹⁵ So shall he become a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age,––for, thy daughter–in–law who loveth thee, hath borne him, even, she, who is better to thee than seven sons.

¹⁶ David therefore earnestly sought God in behalf of the boy,––and David kept a fast, and used to go in and pass the night, and lie upon the ground. ¹⁷ And the elders of his house stood up over him, to raise him from the ground,––but he would not, neither would he eat food with them.

¹² Then said Hazael, Why, is my lord, weeping? And he said––Because I know what thou wilt do to the sons of Israel, by way of harm––Their fortresses, thou wilt set on fire, and, their choice young men, with the sword, thou wilt slay, and, their children, thou wilt dash in pieces, and, their women with child, thou wilt rip up.

¹⁴ The despairing, from his friend, should have lovingkindness, or, the reverence of the Almighty, he may forsake.

⁴ That I may go in unto the altar of God, Unto GOD, mine exultant joy,––That I may praise thee with the lyre, O God––mine own God!

¹ Shout in triumph, O barren one, Who hadst not borne,––Break forth into shouts of triumph––and trill thy voice, Who hadst not travailed in birth, For, more, are the children of the Desolate Than the children of Her who had the husband, Saith Yahweh.

⁶ For, like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, hath Yahweh, called thee,––Even the wife of youthful days, in that thou wast rejected, saith thy God.

¹³ And, they, say unto her––Woman! why weepest thou? She saith unto them––They have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.

¹⁵ Jesus saith unto her––Woman! why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? She, supposing he was, the gardener, saith unto him––Sir! If, thou, hast borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him; and, I, will take him away.

¹⁴ But we exhort you, brethren––admonish the disorderly, soothe them of little soul, help the weak, be longsuffering towards all: