20As she was dying, the women attending her said, "Don't despair; you have given birth to a son." But she did not respond or pay any attention.


In Context

17 The man who brought the news replied, "Israel fled before the Philistines, and the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured."

18 When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He had led Israel forty years.

19 His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near the time of delivery. When she heard the news that the ark of God had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth, but was overcome by her labor pains.

20 As she was dying, the women attending her said, "Don't despair; you have given birth to a son." But she did not respond or pay any attention.

21 She named the boy Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel"- because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.

22 She said, "The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured."

1st Samuel 4:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard [it. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And when she was upon the point of death, they that stood about her said to her: Fear not, for thou hast borne a son. She answered them not, nor gave heed to them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast brought forth a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20And as she was dying, the women that stood by her said, Fear not; for thou hast borne a son. But she did not answer, neither did she take it to heart.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast brought forth a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20And about the time of her death, the women that stood by her said to her, Fear not; for thou hast borne a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, |Don't be afraid; for you have brought forth a son.| But she didn't answer, neither did she regard it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20And at the time of her death, when the women who are standing by her say, 'Fear not, for a son thou hast borne,' she hath not answered, nor set her heart to it;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said to her, Fear not; for you have born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.