1 Kings 1:6
Her rival also afflicted her, and troubled her exceedingly, insomuch that she upbraided her, that the Lord had shut up her womb:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Affligebat quoque eam æmula ejus, et vehementer angebat, in tantum ut exprobraret quod Dominus conclusisset vulvam ejus :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὅτι οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτῇ Κύριος παιδίον, κατὰ τὴν θλίψιν αὐτῆς καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἀθυμίαν τῆς θλίψεως αὐτῆς· καὶ ἠθύμει διὰ τοῦτο, ὅτι συνέκλεισεν Κύριος τὰ περὶ τὴν μήτραν αὐτῆς, τοῦ μὴ δοῦναι αὐτῇ παιδίον.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְכִֽעֲסַ֤תָּה צָֽרָתָהּ֙ גַּם כַּ֔עַס בַּעֲב֖וּר הַרְּעִמָ֑הּ כִּֽי סָגַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה בְּעַ֥ד רַחְמָֽהּ
Haydock's commentary
Insomuch. Hebrew, "to make her fret, or rage; because the Lord," &c. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and Ephesians, Ephesians 6:14-17
But observe even after this her deep reverence. “Only her lips moved, but her voice,” it saith, “was not heard.” ( 1 Sam. i. 13 .) And thus does he who would gain his request draw nigh unto God; not consulting his ease, nor gaping, nor lounging, nor scratching his head, nor with utter listlessness. What, was not God able to grant, even without any prayer at all? What, did He not know the woman’s desire even before she asked? And yet had He granted it before she asked, then the woman’s earnestness would not have been shown, her virtue would not have been made manifest, she would not have gained so great a reward. So that the delay is not the result of envy or of witchcraft, but of providential kindness. When therefore ye hear the Scripture saying, that “the Lord had shut up her womb” ( ver. …