1 Samuel 2:5

Modern English Version

Those that were full have hired out themselves for bread, and those that were hungry ceased to hunger. Even the barren has borne seven, and she that has many children wastes away.

Cross References

Psalm 113:9

He gives the barren woman a home, to be a joyful mother of children. Praise the Lord!

Psalm 34:10

The young lions suffer want and hunger, but those who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing.

Isaiah 33:9

The earth mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down. Sharon is like a wilderness, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

Isaiah 54:1

Sing, O barren, you who did not bear a child. Break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child. For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 15:9

She who has borne seven sons languishes; she has given up the spirit; her sun has gone down while it was yet day; she has been ashamed and humiliated. And the rest of them I will deliver to the sword before their enemies, says the Lord.

Luke 1:53

He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty.

Luke 16:25

“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things. But now he is comforted and you are tormented.

Galatians 4:27

For it is written: “Rejoice, barren woman who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who have no labor pains! For the desolate has many more children than she who has a husband.”

Ruth 4:15

He will be a comfort for your soul and support you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”

1 Samuel 1:20

In due time Hannah conceived and bore a son. And she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked him of the Lord.”

1 Samuel 1:6

Now her rival provoked her greatly, making her miserable because the Lord had closed her womb.