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.


In Context

17 He who brought the news answered, |Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.|

18 It happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died; for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

19 His daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered. When she heard the news that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth; for her pains came on her.

20 About 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.

21 She named the child Ichabod, saying, |The glory has departed from Israel;| because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

22 She said, |The glory has departed from Israel; for the ark of God is taken.|

1 Samuel 4:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:20As 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.

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 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.