1 Samuel 2:5 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 2:5 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
שְׂבֵעִ֤ים
sâbêaʻ
H7649
satisfied
בַּלֶּ֨חֶם֙
lechem
H3899
bread
נִשְׂכָּ֔רוּ
sâkar
H7936
to hire
וּרְעֵבִ֖ים
râʻêb
H7457
hungry
חָדֵ֑לּוּ
châdal
H2308
to cease
עַד
ʻad
H5704
until
עֲקָרָה֙
ʻâqâr
H6135
barren
יָלְדָ֣ה
yâlad
H3205
to bear
שִׁבְעָ֔ה
shebaʻ
H7651
seven
וְרַבַּ֥ת
rab
H7227
many
בָּנִ֖ים
bên
H1121
son
אֻמְלָֽלָה
ʼâmal
H535
to be weak
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World English Bible Public Domain
Those who were full have hired out themselves for bread; Those who were hungry have ceased [to hunger]: Yes, the barren has borne seven; She who has many children languishes.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
The satisfied hire themselves out for bread, but the hungry cease. Even the barren bears seven, but the plenteous of sons languishes.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).