1 Samuel 4:20
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And 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.As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.
In other translations
And 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.As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.
Hebrew words
וּכְעֵתukhe'etand about [the] time ofH6256מוּתָהּmutahdying sheH4191וַתְּדַבֵּרְנָהvatedaberenahand they spokeH1696הַנִּצָּבוֹתhanitzavotthose [who] were standingH5324עָלֶיהָ'aleihaover herH5921אַל־'al-may notH408תִּירְאִיtir'iyou be afraidH3372כִּיkiforH3588בֵןvena sonH1121יָלָדְתְּyaladetyou have borneH3205וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808עָנְתָה'anetahshe answeredH6030וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808שָׁתָהshatahshe setH7896לִבָּהּ׃libahheart herH3820
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Related verses
- Genesis 35:17-1817 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben–oni: but his father called him Benjamin.17 During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.” 18 And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
- Psalm 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
- John 16:21A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
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