1 Samuel 2:5

1 Samuel chapter 2 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.4The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.

v.5This passage

v.6Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 54:1

    Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith Jehovah.

  • Psalms 113:9

    He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to bea joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.

  • Luke 16:25

    But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.

  • Luke 1:53

    The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.

  • 1 Samuel 1:20

    and it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bare a son; and she called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of Jehovah.

  • 1 Samuel 1:6

    And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.