And her rival also (A)provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the Lord had closed her womb.

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Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.(A)

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So it was, year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, that she provoked her; therefore she wept and did not eat.

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This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat.(A)

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21 For three things the earth is perturbed,
Yes, for four it cannot bear up:

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21 “Under three things the earth trembles,
    under four it cannot bear up:

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23 A [a]hateful woman when she is married,
And a maidservant who succeeds her mistress.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:23 Or hated

23 a contemptible woman who gets married,
    and a servant who displaces her mistress.

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