1 Samuel 2:5
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.
KJV
Repleti prius, pro panibus se locaverunt : et famelici saturati sunt, donec sterilis peperit plurimos : et quæ multos habebat filios, infirmata est.
Vulgate
πλήρεις ἄρτων ἠλαττώθησαν, καὶ ἀσθενοῦντες παρῆκαν γῆν. ὅτι στεῖρα ἔτεκεν ἑπτά, καὶ ἡ πολλὴ ἐν τέκνοις ἠσθένησεν.
LXX
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.
ASV
שְׂבֵעִ֤ים בַּ/לֶּ֨חֶם֙ נִשְׂכָּ֔רוּ וּ/רְעֵבִ֖ים חָדֵ֑לּוּ עַד עֲקָרָה֙ יָלְדָ֣ה שִׁבְעָ֔ה וְ/רַבַּ֥ת בָּנִ֖ים אֻמְלָֽלָה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. For look not to this only, that He cast him out of paradise, but mark also the gain that arose from thence. For after having cast him out of paradise, and having wrought those countless good works, and having accomplished His various dispensations, He sent even His own Son for the sake of them that had been benefited by Him and were hating Him, and opened Heaven to us, and u…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 1:6 — And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
- 1Sam 1:20 — Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
- Eccl 3:2 — A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
- Gal 4:27 — For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
- Gal 4:27 — For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
- Gen 30:2 — And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
- Isa 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 wi
- Isa 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 wi
- Jer 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
- Jer 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
- Lev 26:18 — And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
- Luke 1:53 — He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
- Luke 1:53 — He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
- 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.
- Ps 34:10 — The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
- Ps 68:6 — God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
- Ps 107:11 — Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
- Ps 113:9 — He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
- Ps 113:9 — He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
- Ruth 4:13 — So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.