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The bows of warriors are shattered,[a]
    but those who stumble are equipped with[b] strength.
Those who had an abundance of bread
    now hire themselves out,
and those who were hungry
    hunger no more.[c]
While the barren woman gives birth to seven children,[d]
    she who had many children languishes.

The Lord kills and gives life,
    he brings people down to where the dead are[e]
        and he raises them up.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:4 Lit. are shattering; 4QSama reads warriors shatter
  2. 1 Samuel 2:4 Lit. stumble gird on
  3. 1 Samuel 2:5 Lit. cease
  4. 1 Samuel 2:5 The Heb. lacks children
  5. 1 Samuel 2:6 Lit. Sheol; i.e. the realm of the dead