1 Samuel 2:5
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King James Version (modern wording)
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren has born seven; and she that has many children is waxed feeble.
1 Samuel 2:5 (KJV)
American Standard Version
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.
1 Samuel 2:5 (ASV)
Berean Standard Bible
The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
1 Samuel 2:5 (BSB)
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What does 1 Samuel 2:5 say?
1 Samuel 2:5 in modern King James wording reads: "They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren has born seven; and she that has many children is waxed feeble."
Where is 1 Samuel 2:5 found in the Bible?
1 Samuel 2:5 is verse 5 of chapter 2 of the book of 1 Samuel, in the Old Testament. 1 Samuel has 31 chapters.
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