1Sa 2:5, Psa 113:9 | ESV | STEP | Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread , but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven , but she who has many children is forlorn .

c Ps. 68:6; 1 Sam. 2:5; [Ex. 1:21; Isa. 54:1]

d[See ver. 1 above]

1 Samuel 2:5

5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
^aThe barren has borne seven,
^bbut she who has many children is forlorn.

Psalms 113:9

9 He ^cgives the barren woman a home,
making her the joyous mother of children.
^dPraise the Lord!