1 Samuel 1:6

1:6 Her rival wife used to upset her and make her worry, ¹  for the Lord had not enabled her to have children.

1 Samuel 26:24

26:24 In the same way that I valued your life this day, ²  may the Lord value my life ³  and deliver me from all danger.”

1 Samuel 10:19

10:19 But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said, “No! ⁴  Appoint a king over us.” Now take your positions before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.’”

¹ tn Heb “and her rival wife grieved her, even [with] grief so as to worry her.”

² tn Heb “your life was great this day in my eyes.”

³ tn Heb “may my life be great in the eyes of the Lord.”

³ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate in reading לֹא (lo’, “not”) rather than the MT לוֹ (lo; “to him”). Some witnesses combine the variants, resulting in a conflated text. For example, a few medieval Hebrew mss have לֹא לוֹ (lo lo’; “to him, ‘No.’”). A few others have לֹא לִי (li lo’; “to me, ‘No.’”).