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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Gill's Exposition
They that are full have hired out themselves for bread,.... Such as have been full of the good things of this life have been stripped of all, and reduced to such circumstances as to be obliged to hire…
Barnes' Notes
See an instance in 1Sa 2:36. See, too, in Eze 13:19, another example of hire paid in bread. Ceased - i. e. were at rest, did no work. The general sense is expressed by the translation of the Latin…
Adam Clarke
They that were full - All the things mentioned in these verses frequently happen in the course of the Divine providence; and indeed it is the particular providence of God that Hannah seems more…
We have here Hannah's thanksgiving, dictated, not only by the spirit of prayer, but by the spirit of prophecy. Her petition for the mercy she desired we had before (Sa1 1:11), and here we have her…
Cambridge Bible
ceased i.e. are at rest: need toil no more: or, cease to be hungry.
seven A perfect family. Cp. Rth 4:15.
is waxed feeble By the loss of her children. Cp. Jer 15:9.
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