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1 Samuel 2:5

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5Those who are full hire themselves out for food,

but those who are starving hunger no more.

The woman who is childless gives birth to seven,l

but the woman with many sons pines away.m

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Cross references

  1. lRu 4:15; Ps 113:9
  2. mJr 15:9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,

but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.

The barren has borne seven,

but she who has many children is forlorn.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Those who were full hire themselves out for food,

but those who were hungry are hungry no more.

She who was barren has borne seven children,

but she who has had many sons pines away.

NLTNew Living Translation

Those who were well fed are now starving,

and those who were starving are now full.

The childless woman now has seven children,

and the woman with many children wastes away.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Those who were full must hire themselves out for bread,

but those who are hungry will become fat.

As for the infertile, she will bear seven,

but she who has many sons withers away.

KJV 1900King James Version

They that were full have hired out themselves for bread;

And they that were hungry ceased:

So that the barren hath born seven;

And she that hath many children is waxed feeble.