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1 Samuel 2:5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 5 The well-fed must hire themselves out for bread,
  But the hungry hunger no more.+
  
  The barren has given birth to seven,+
  But she who had many sons has become desolate.*

1 Samuel 2:5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 5 The well-fed must hire themselves out for bread,
  But the hungry hunger no more.+
  
  The barren has given birth to seven,+
  But she who had many sons has become desolate.*

1 Samuel 2:5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 5 The satisfied must hire themselves out for bread,+
  But the hungry actually cease [to hunger].+
  Even* the barren has given birth to seven,+
  But she that was abundant in sons has faded away.+

1 Samuel 2:5

The Bible in Living English
- 5 * Well-fed men have hired themselves out for bread, and
  hungry men have ceased;
  even the barren has borne seven, and she who had
  many children is forlorn.

1 Samuel 2:5

The Emphasized Bible
- 5 The sated have for bread taken hire, But the famished have left off their toil,—So that the barren hath given birth unto seven, While she that hath many sons languisheth:

1 Samuel 2:5

King James Version
- 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.