1 Chronicles 4:9

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.””

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BSBPD

“Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Jabez is honoured above his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, `Because I have brought forth with grief.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Chronicles 4:9 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 3:16To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
  2. Genesis 34:19The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
  3. Genesis 35:18And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
  4. 1 Samuel 4:21And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
  5. 1 Chronicles 7:23And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house.
  6. Proverbs 23:25May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
  7. Isaiah 43:4Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.
  8. Acts 17:11Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

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