Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, "Because I bore him in pain."
New American Standard Bible
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez saying, “Because I bore him with pain.”
King James Version
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
Holman Bible
Jabez
International Standard Version
Jabez enjoyed more honor than his relatives his mother named him Jabez, she said, "because I bore him in pain."
A Conservative Version
And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
American Standard Version
And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
Amplified
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; but his mother named him Jabez, saying, “Because I gave birth to him in pain.”
Bible in Basic English
And Jabez was honoured more than his brothers; but his mother had given him the name Jabez, saying, Because I gave birth to him with sorrow.
Darby Translation
And Jabez was more honoured than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with pain.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jabez was honorable above his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, For I bare with pain.
King James 2000
And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
Modern King James verseion
And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Jabez was nobler than his brethren. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, "Because I bare him with sorrow."
NET Bible
Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, for she said, "I experienced pain when I gave birth to him."
New Heart English Bible
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers: and his mother named him Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
The Emphasized Bible
Now it came to pass that Jabez was more honourable than his brethren, - but, his mother, had called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with pain.
Webster
And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
World English Bible
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers: and his mother named him Jabez, saying, "Because I bore him with sorrow."
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jabez is honoured above his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, 'Because I have brought forth with grief.'
Themes
Children » Were named » From circumstances connected with their birth
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » Jabez
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 4:9
Prayers for 1 Chronicles 4:9
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Context Readings
The Descendants Of David
8 And Koz fathered Anub, Zobebah, and the clans of Aharhel, the son of Harum. 9 And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, "Because I bore him in pain." 10 And Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, "Oh that you would surely bless me and enlarge my border. And may your hand be with me, that you would keep me from evil so that it might not harm me!" And God granted what he asked.
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Cross References
Genesis 34:19
And the young man did not delay to do the thing, for he wanted the daughter of Jacob. Now he [was] the most honored of his father's house.
Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase {your pain in childbearing}; in pain you shall bear children. And to your husband [shall be] your desire. And he shall rule over you."
Genesis 35:18
And it happened [that] when her life was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-Oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
1 Samuel 4:21
She called the boy Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel," referring to the capture of the ark of God and concerning her father-in-law and husband.
1 Chronicles 7:23
And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And he called his name Beriah because disaster [had been] upon his house.
Isaiah 43:4
Because you are precious in my eyes, you are honored, and I myself love you, and I give people in place of you, and nations in place of your life.
Acts 17:11
Now these were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica. {They} accepted the message with all eagerness, examining the scriptures every day [to see] if these [things] were so.