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Do not increase speaking very proud[a] words!
    Let no arrogance go forth from your mouth,
    for Yahweh is a God of knowledge
    whose deeds are not weighed.[b]
The bows of mighty warriors are shattered,
    but those who stumble gird themselves with strength.
Those who were full must hire themselves out for bread,
    but those who are hungry will become fat.
As for the infertile, she will bear seven,
    but she who has many sons withers away.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:3 Literally “proud, proud”
  2. 1 Samuel 2:3 So Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib); the reading tradition (Qere) reads “and by him deeds are weighed”

“Do not keep talking so proudly
    or let your mouth speak such arrogance,(A)
for the Lord is a God who knows,(B)
    and by him deeds(C) are weighed.(D)

“The bows of the warriors are broken,(E)
    but those who stumbled are armed with strength.(F)
Those who were full hire themselves out for food,
    but those who were hungry(G) are hungry no more.
She who was barren(H) has borne seven children,
    but she who has had many sons pines away.

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