1 Samuel 2:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Those who were full are offering themselves as servants for bread; those who were in need are at rest; truly, she who had no children has become the mother of seven; and she who had a family is wasted with sorrow.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 113:9 : 9 He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.
  • Jer 15:9 : 9 The mother of seven is without strength; her spirit is gone from her, her sun has gone down while it is still day: she has been shamed and overcome: and the rest of them I will give up to the sword before their haters, says the Lord.
  • Isa 54:1 : 1 Let your voice be loud in song, O woman without children; make melody and sounds of joy, you who did not give birth: for the children of her who had no husband are more than those of the married wife, says the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 1:6 : 6 And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;
  • 1 Sam 1:20 : 20 Now the time came when Hannah, being with child, gave birth to a son; and she gave him the name Samuel, Because, she said, I made a prayer to the Lord for him.
  • Ps 34:10 : 10 The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.
  • Luke 1:53 : 53 Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
  • Gal 4:27 : 27 For it is in the Writings, You who have never given birth, be glad; give cries of joy, you who have had no birth-pains; for the children of her who has been given up by her husband are more than those of the woman who has a husband.

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  • 1 Sam 2:4
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    4The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.

  • Jer 15:9
    74%

    9The mother of seven is without strength; her spirit is gone from her, her sun has gone down while it is still day: she has been shamed and overcome: and the rest of them I will give up to the sword before their haters, says the Lord.

  • Lam 4:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink: the young children are crying out for bread, and no man gives it to them.

    5Those who were used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets: those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust.

  • Lam 4:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9Those who have been put to the sword are better off than those whose death is caused by need of food; for these come to death slowly, burned up like the fruit of the field.

    10The hands of kind-hearted women have been boiling their children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

  • Luke 1:53
    73%

    53Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

  • Gal 4:27
    73%

    27For it is in the Writings, You who have never given birth, be glad; give cries of joy, you who have had no birth-pains; for the children of her who has been given up by her husband are more than those of the woman who has a husband.

  • Job 5:5
    73%

    5Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.

  • Isa 54:1
    73%

    1Let your voice be loud in song, O woman without children; make melody and sounds of joy, you who did not give birth: for the children of her who had no husband are more than those of the married wife, says the Lord.

  • Ps 129:7
    72%

    7He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

  • Prov 30:16
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    16The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough.

  • Ps 17:14
    72%

    14With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.

  • 1 Sam 2:6
    72%

    6The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up.

  • Hos 4:10
    72%

    10They will have food, but they will not be full; they will be false to me, but they will not be increased, because they no longer give thought to the Lord.

  • Job 22:9
    71%

    9You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

  • Job 22:7
    71%

    7You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

  • Ps 113:9
    71%

    9He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.

  • Eccl 6:7
    71%

    7All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.

  • Luke 23:29
    71%

    29For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk.

  • Hag 1:6
    71%

    6Much has been planted, but little got in; you take food, but have not enough; you take drink, but are not full; you are clothed, but no one is warm; and he who gets payment for his work, gets it to put it into a bag full of holes.

  • Job 30:3
    70%

    3They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land.

  • Job 27:14-15
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    14If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.

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  • Ps 107:5
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    5Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.

  • Nah 2:10
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    10Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.

  • Deut 6:11
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    11And houses full of good things not stored up by you, and places for storing water which you did not make, and vine-gardens and olive-trees not of your planting; and you have taken food and are full;

  • Eccl 5:14
    70%

    14As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.

  • Job 24:10
    70%

    10Others go about without clothing, and though they have no food, they get in the grain from the fields.

  • Job 24:5
    70%

    5Like asses in the waste land they go out to their work, looking for food with care; from the waste land they get bread for their children.

  • Ezek 4:17
    70%

    17So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.

  • Neh 5:2
    70%

    2For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs.

  • Prov 19:15
    69%

    15Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

  • Prov 28:19
    69%

    19By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.

  • Prov 13:23
    69%

    23There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

  • Isa 51:19
    69%

    19These two things have come on you; who will be weeping for you? wasting and destruction; death from need of food, and from the sword; how may you be comforted?

  • Job 21:24
    69%

    24His buckets are full of milk, and there is no loss of strength in his bones.

  • Lev 26:26
    69%

    26When I take away your bread of life, ten women will be cooking bread in one oven, and your bread will be measured out by weight; you will have food but never enough.

  • Job 39:16
    69%

    16Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

  • Lam 5:6
    69%

    6We have given our hands to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians so that we might have enough bread.

  • Deut 28:57
    69%

    57And to her baby newly come to birth, and to the children of her body; for having no other food, she will make a meal of them secretly, because of her bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.

  • 2 Cor 8:15
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    15As it says in the Writings, He who had taken up much had nothing over and he who had little had enough.

  • Ps 132:15
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    15My blessing will be on her food; and her poor will be full of bread.

  • Mic 6:14
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    14You will have food, but not enough; your shame will be ever with you: you will get your goods moved, but you will not take them away safely; and what you do take away I will give to the sword.

  • Jer 5:16-17
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    16Their arrows give certain death, they are all men of war.

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    69%

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    17The grains have become small and dry under the spade; the store-houses are made waste, the grain-stores are broken down; for the grain is dry and dead.

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    3And he will take his place and give food to his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the glory of the name of the Lord his God; and their resting-place will be safe: for now he will be great to the ends of the earth.