11 Then she (A)made a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed (B)look on the affliction of Your maidservant and (C)remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and (D)no razor shall come upon his head.”

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11 And she (A)made a vow and said, “Lord of armies, if You will indeed (B)look on the affliction of Your bond-servant and remember me, and not forget Your bond-servant, but will give Your bond-servant a [a]son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and (C)a razor shall never come on his head.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:11 Lit seed of men

11 She made a vow, saying, “O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction (suffering) of Your maidservant and remember, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life; a [a]razor shall never touch his head.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:11 Lit shearing knife. This was a requirement of a Nazirite vow which would apply to Samuel all of his life (see Num 6:2 ff).

11 And she made a vow,(A) saying, “Lord Almighty(B), if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember(C) me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life,(D) and no razor(E) will ever be used on his head.”

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11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

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