King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
[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.
Complete Jewish Bible:
The well-fed hire themselves for bread, while those who were hungry hunger no more. The barren woman has borne seven, while the mother of many wastes away.
Berean Standard Bible:
The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
American Standard Version:
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 with Strong’s Numbers:
They that were full{H7649} have hired out{H7936} themselves for bread{H3899}; and they that were hungry{H7457} ceased{H2308}: so that the barren{H6135} hath born{H3205} seven{H7651}; and she that hath many{H7227} children{H1121} is waxed feeble{H535}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Psalms 113:9
- He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
Luke 1:53
- He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
Jeremiah 15:9
- She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while [it was] yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
Psalms 34:10
- The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good [thing].
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 the LORD.
1 Samuel 1:6
- And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
Luke 16:25
- But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
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Commentary for 1 Samuel 2:5
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H7649
There are 10 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׂבֵעַ
Transliteration: sâbêaʻ
Pronunciation: saw-bay'-ah
Description: from שָׂבַע; satiated (in a pleasant or disagreeable sense); full (of), satisfied (with). - Strong's Number: H7936
There are 18 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׂכַר
Transliteration: sâkar
Pronunciation: saw-kar'
Description: or (by permutation) סָכַר; (Ezra 4:5), a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to כָּרָה through the idea of temporary purchase; compare שָׁכַר); to hire; earn wages, hire (out self), reward, [idiom] surely. - Strong's Number: H3899
There are 277 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: לֶחֶם
Transliteration: lechem
Pronunciation: lekh'-em
Description: from לָחַם; See also בֵּית לְעַפְרָה; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. - Strong's Number: H7457
There are 22 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָעֵב
Transliteration: râʻêb
Pronunciation: raw-abe'
Description: from רָעֵב; hungry (more or less intensely); hunger bitten, hungry. - Strong's Number: H2308
There are 56 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָדַל
Transliteration: châdal
Pronunciation: khaw-dal'
Description: a primitive root; properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle; cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want. - Strong's Number: H6135
There are 11 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עָקָר
Transliteration: ʻâqâr
Pronunciation: aw-kawr'
Description: from עָקַר; sterile (as if extirpated in the generative organs); ([idiom] male or female) barren (woman). - Strong's Number: H3205
There are 403 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יָלַד
Transliteration: yâlad
Pronunciation: yaw-lad'
Description: a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage; bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman). - Strong's Number: H7651
There are 345 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שֶׁבַע
Transliteration: shebaʻ
Pronunciation: sheh'-bah
Description: or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה); from שָׁבַע; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number; ([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare שִׁבְעָנָה. - Strong's Number: H7227
There are 439 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רַב
Transliteration: rab
Pronunciation: rab
Description: by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent). - Strong's Number: H1121
There are 3654 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בֵּן
Transliteration: bên
Pronunciation: bane
Description: from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth. - Strong's Number: H535
There are 147 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אָמַל
Transliteration: ʼâmal
Pronunciation: aw-mal'
Description: a primitive root; to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn; languish, be weak, wax feeble.