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1 Samuel 2:5

World English Bible

Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread.
Those who were hungry are satisfied.
Yes, the barren has borne seven.
She who has many children languishes.

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1 Samuel 2:5 in other translations

They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; And they that were hungry have ceased to hunger: Yea, the barren hath borne seven; And she that hath many children languisheth.

1 Samuel 2:5 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 2:5 in context

  1. 3“Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly.
    Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth,
    for Yahweh is a God of knowledge.
    By him actions are weighed.
  2. 4“The bows of the mighty men are broken.
    Those who stumbled are armed with strength.
  3. 5Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread.
    Those who were hungry are satisfied.
    Yes, the barren has borne seven.
    She who has many children languishes.
  4. 6“Yahweh kills and makes alive.
    He brings down to Sheol and brings up.
  5. 7Yahweh makes poor and makes rich.
    He brings low, he also lifts up.