Parallel Verses
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."
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.
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."
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.
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 begat Anub and Zobebah, and the kindreds of Aharhel the son of Harum. 9 And Jabez was nobler than his brethren. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, "Because I bare him with sorrow." 10 But Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, "If thou shalt bless me, and enlarge my coasts, and shalt let thine hand be with me, and wilt keep me from evil that it vex me not." And God sent him his desire.
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Cross References
Genesis 34:19
And the young man deferred not for to do the thing, because he had a lust to Jacob's daughter: he was also most set by of all that were in his father's house.
Genesis 3:16
And unto the woman he said, "I will surely increase thy sorrow and make thee oft with child, and with pain shalt thou be delivered: And thy lusts shall pertain unto thy husband and he shall rule thee."
Genesis 35:18
Then as her soul was departing, that she must die: she called his name Benoni. But his father called him Benjamin.
1 Samuel 4:21
And she named the child Ichabod saying, "Honour is departed from Israel" - Because the ark of God was taken, and her father-in-law and her husband were dead.
1 Chronicles 7:23
And he went into his wife which conceived and bare him a son, and he called the name of it Beriah because it went evil with his household.
Isaiah 43:4
because thou wast dear in my sight, and because I set by thee, and loved thee. I will give over all men for thee, and deliver up all people for thy sake.
Acts 17:11
These were the noblest of birth among them of Thessalonica, which received the word with all diligence of mind, and searched the scriptures daily whether those things were even so.