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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of 1 Samuel 2:5

3Boast no more so proudly— insolence comes out of your mouth. For Adonai is the all-knowing God, and by Him deeds are weighed. 4The bows of the mighty are broken, but the stumbling are girded with strength. Those full hire themselves for bread, but those starving hunger no more. Even the barren gives birth to seven, but she with many sons languishes. 6Adonai causes death and makes alive, He brings down to Sheol and raises up. 7Adonai makes poor and makes rich, He brings low and also lifts up.

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 34:10Fear Adonai, His kedoshim, For those who fear Him lack nothing.
• Luke 1:53He has filled the hungry with good things and sent away the rich empty-handed.
• Luke 16:25“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your life you received your good things, even as Lazarus received the bad things. But now he is comforted here, and you are tormented.
• 1 Samuel 1:20So it came to pass at the turn of the year that Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She called his name Samuel, “because I have asked Adonai for him.”
• Psalms 113:9He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Halleluyah!
• 1 Samuel 1:6Her rival would taunt her bitterly to provoke her, because Adonai had closed her womb.
• Isaiah 54:1“Sing, barren one, who has not given birth. burst into singing and shout, you who have not travailed. For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married one,” says Adonai.
• Jeremiah 15:9She who bore seven languishes. She breathes out her soul. Her sun sets while it is yet day. She is shamed and humiliated. Their survivors I give to the sword before their enemies.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Galatians 4:27For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman who bears no children. Break forth and shout, you who suffer no labor pains. For more are the children of the desolate than 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