1 Chronicles 4:9
What does 1 Chronicles 4:9 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 4:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Jabez is honoured above his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, `Because I have brought forth with grief.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Jabes was more honourable than any of his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabes, saying: Because I bore him with sorrow.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Jabez was more honoured than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with pain.
Context
v.8And Hakkoz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
v.9This passage
v.10And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that which he requested.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 7:23
And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
- Genesis 34:19
And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father.
- Genesis 35:18
And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
- Isaiah 43:4
Since thou hast been precious in my sight, and honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.
- 1 Samuel 4:21
And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel; because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
- Acts 17:11
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.
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