1 Samuel 4:20 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 4:20

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.

BSB

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ASV

And 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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

COMMENTARY ON MICAH 2.4 (420)

Let us read the Scriptures, and we will never find that holy women, except Rachel, gave birth with pain: because she was on the way and in the hippodrome, that is, in the race of horses, which are sold in Egypt, she gave birth to a son of pain, whom later the father called the son of his right hand. Eve, expelled from paradise and hearing: "In pain you will bring forth children," is said to have given birth in pain.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

None but spiritual joy will stand us in stead then. Death admits not the relish of any earthly joy: it is then all flat and tasteless. What is it to one that is lamenting the loss of the ark?

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּכְעֵ֣ת	u.khe.'Et	and about [the] time of	H6256 →
מוּתָ֗הּ	mu.Tah	dying she	H4191 →
וַתְּדַבֵּ֙רְנָה֙	va.te.da.Be.re.nah	and they spoke	H1696 →
הַנִּצָּב֣וֹת	ha.ni.tza.Vot	those [who] were standing	H5324 →
עָלֶ֔יהָ	'a.Lei.ha	over her	H5921 →
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תִּֽירְאִ֖י	tir.'I	you be afraid	H3372 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
בֵ֣ן	ven	a son	H1121 →
יָלָ֑דְתְּ	ya.La.det	you have borne	H3205 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
עָנְתָ֖ה	'a.ne.Tah	she answered	H6030 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
שָׁ֥תָה	Sha.tah	she set	H7896 →
לִבָּֽהּ׃	li.Bah	heart her	H3820 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 77:2
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.
leads to
- Psalms 50:15
  Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- Isaiah 26:9
  My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
- Isaiah 26:16
  O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
- Genesis 37:35
  All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
- Hebrews 5:7
  During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His…
Through
John 16:21
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…
leads to
- Psalms 113:9
  He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
- Isaiah 13:8
  Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
- Jeremiah 30:6–7
  Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?

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