1 Samuel 2:5

Contemporary English Version 1995

People who once had plenty to eat must now hire themselves out for only a piece of bread. But you give the hungry more than enough to eat. A woman did not have a child, and you gave her seven, but a woman who had many was left with none.

Cross References

Luke 1:53

God gives the hungry good things to eat, and sends the rich away with nothing.

Psalm 113:9

When a wife has no children, he blesses her with some, and she is happy. Shout praises to the Lord!

Jeremiah 15:9

A mother is in deep despair and struggles for breath. Her daylight has turned to darkness— she has suffered the loss of her seven sons. I will kill anyone who survives. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Psalm 34:10

Young lions may go hungry or even starve, but if you trust the Lord, you will never miss out on anything good.

Luke 16:25

Abraham answered, “My friend, remember that while you lived, you had everything good, and Lazarus had everything bad. Now he is happy, and you are in pain.

Isaiah 54:1

Sing and shout, even though you have never had children! The Lord has promised that you will have more children than someone married for a long time.

1 Samuel 1:6

Peninnah liked to make Hannah feel miserable about not having any children,

1 Samuel 1:20

with a son. She named him Samuel because she had asked the Lord for him.

Galatians 4:27

The Scriptures say about her, “You have never had children, but now you can be glad. You have never given birth, but now you can shout. Once you had no children, but now you will have more children than a woman who has been married for a long time.”

Ruth 4:15

He will make you happy and take care of you in your old age, because he is the son of your daughter-in-law. And she loves you more than seven sons of your own would love you.

Isaiah 33:9

Fields are dry and barren; Mount Lebanon wilts with shame. Sharon Valley is a desert; the forests of Bashan and Carmel have lost their leaves.