⁷And so he used to do^f year after year; whenever^g she went up to the house of Yahweh, she^h would provoke her so that sheⁱ would weep and would not eat.

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Footnotes

fSo Hebrew; because of the abrupt change of subject some revocalize the verb to read “it used to be”
gOr “as often as”; literally “from enough”
hThat is, Penninah
iThat is, Hannah

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So it went on year by year. As often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Year after year, when she went up to the Lord’s house, her rival taunted her in this way. Hannah would weep and would not eat.

NLTNew Living Translation

Year after year it was the same—Peninnah would taunt Hannah as they went to the Tabernacle. Each time, Hannah would be reduced to tears and would not even eat.

KJV 1900King James Version

And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

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