Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThe 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. Young's Literal Translation The satiated for bread hired themselves, And the hungry have ceased. While the barren hath borne seven, And she abounding with sons hath languished. King James Bible [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. Hebrew The well-fedשְׂבֵעִ֤ים (śə·ḇê·‘îm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7649: Sated, satisfied, surfeited hire themselves out נִשְׂכָּ֔רוּ (niś·kā·rū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7936: To hire for food, בַּלֶּ֙חֶם֙ (bal·le·ḥem) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain but the starving וּרְעֵבִ֖ים (ū·rə·‘ê·ḇîm) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7457: Hungry hunger no more. חָדֵ֑לּוּ (ḥā·ḏêl·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle The barren woman עֲקָרָה֙ (‘ă·qā·rāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 6135: Sterile gives birth to יָלְדָ֣ה (yā·lə·ḏāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage seven, שִׁבְעָ֔ה (šiḇ·‘āh) Number - masculine singular Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number but she who has many וְרַבַּ֥ת (wə·rab·baṯ) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular construct Strong's 7227: Much, many, great sons בָּנִ֖ים (bā·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1121: A son pines away. אֻמְלָֽלָה׃ (’um·lā·lāh) Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 535: To droop, to be sick, to mourn |
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