1 Samuel 2:5

1 Samuel 2:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, And the hungry have ceased to hunger. Even the barren has borne seven, And she who has many children has become feeble.
• New Living Translation (NLT)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.

Context of 1 Samuel 2:5

3Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 4The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble bind on strength. 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. 6The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up. 7The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.

1 Samuel 2:5 word by word

שְׂבֵעִ֤ים בַּלֶּ֙חֶם֙ נִשְׂכָּ֔רוּ וּרְעֵבִ֖ים חָדֵ֑לּוּ עַד־עֲקָרָה֙ יָלְדָ֣ה שִׁבְעָ֔ה וְרַבַּ֥ת בָּנִ֖ים אֻמְלָֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• fullשָׂבֵעַώâbêa‛ · satedH7649
• have hired outשָׂכַרώâkar sâkar · to hireH7936
• themselves for breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• hungryרָעֵבrâ‛êb · hungryH7457
• ceasedחָדַלchâdal · to ceaseH2308
• so that the barrenעָקָר‛âqâr · barrenH6135
• hath bornיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• and she that hath manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• is waxed feebleאָמַל'âmal · be weakH535

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 2:5

• Psalms 34:10The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
• Luke 1:53he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.
• Luke 16:25But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.
• 1 Samuel 1:20And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, "I have asked for him from the Lord."
• Psalms 113:9He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!
• 1 Samuel 1:6And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.
• Isaiah 54:1"Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married," says the Lord.
• Jeremiah 15:9She who bore seven has grown feeble; she has fainted away; her sun went down while it was yet day; she has been shamed and disgraced. And the rest of them I will give to the sword before their enemies, declares the Lord."
• Galatians 4:27For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than those of the one who has a husband."

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5They that were full - All the things mentioned in these verses frequently happen in the course of the Divine providence; and indeed it is the particular providence of God that Hannah seems more especially to celebrate through the whole of this simple yet sublime ode.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5See an instance in 1 Samuel 2:36. See, too, in Ezekiel 13:19, another example of hire paid in bread. Ceased - i. e. were at rest, did no work. The general sense is expressed by the translation of the Latin Version, “they were filled.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Those who were hungry now have enough to eat (see 1 Samuel 1:7, 18). The phrase seven children poetically means that a woman without children would be blessed with a home full of children (see 1 Samuel 2:21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. they that were hungry ceased--that is, to hunger. the barren hath born seven--that is, many children.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 2:5

• Barrenness
• Hannah
• Joy
• Poetry
• Praise
• Pride
• Psalms
• Samuel
• Satire
• Seven
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Child
• Crouch
• Custom
• Dunghill
• Dust
• Esteem
• Fleshhook
• Hannah
• Hire
• Horn

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings