Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY

Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY

1 Samuel 1:23

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 23 El·kaʹnah her husband then said to her: “Do what you think is best.* Stay at home until you wean him. May Jehovah carry out what you have said.” So the woman stayed at home and nursed her son until she weaned him.

1 Samuel 1:23

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 23 El·kaʹnah her husband then said to her: “Do what you think is best.* Stay at home until you wean him. May Jehovah carry out what you have said.” So the woman stayed at home and nursed her son until she weaned him.

1 Samuel 1:23

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 23 At this El·kaʹnah her husband+ said to her: “Do what is good in your eyes.+ Stay at home until you wean him. Only may Jehovah carry out his* word.”+ So the woman stayed at home and kept nursing her son until she weaned him.+

1 Samuel 1:23

The Bible in Living English
- 23 * and Elkanah her husband said to her “Do what you think best: stay till you wean him; only let Jehovah make good his word.”

1 Samuel 1:23

American Standard Version
- 23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only Jehovah establish his word. So the woman tarried and gave her son suck, until she weaned him.

1 Samuel 1:23

The Emphasized Bible
- 23 And Elkanah her husband said to her—Do what is good in thine own eyes, tarry until thou have weaned him, Only may Yahweh establish his word! So the woman tarried, and nursed her son, until she weaned him.