New American Standard Bible

1 Samuel 1:7-13 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

7. It happened year after year, as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she would provoke her; so she wept and would not eat.

8. Then Elkanah her husband said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat and why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"

9. Then Hannah rose after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the temple of the Lord.

10. She, greatly distressed, prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.

11. She made a vow and said, "O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, 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, and a razor shall never come on his head."

12. Now it came about, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli was watching her mouth.

13. As for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart, only her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.