Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant you your petition that you have asked of him.
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant you your petition that you have asked of him.
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
Then Eli said to her, Go in peace: and may the God of Israel give you an answer to the prayer you have made to him.
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
Then Eli answered, "Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him."
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
Grant thee thy petition - He was satisfied he had formed a wrong judgment, and by it had added to the distress of one already sufficiently distressed.
The fact that Eli supposed her to be drunken, and the other of the conduct of Eli's sons already mentioned, prove that religion was at this time at a very low ebb in Shiloh; for it seems drunken women did come to the place, and lewd women were to be found there.