Protestantism
English
¶And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.1
- Jabez: that is, Sorrowful
And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
And Jabez is honoured above his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, `Because I have brought forth with grief.'
And Jabez was more honoured than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with pain.
But Iabez was more honourable then his brethren: and his mother called his name Iabez, saying, Because I bare him in sorowe.
And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
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.
The Prayer of Jabez
Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez,1 saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
- Jabez sounds like the Hebrew for pain or distress.
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying: 'Because I bore him with pain.'
And Jabez was more honoured than his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I gave birth to him with sorrow.
¶ And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore with sorrow.
And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers: and his mother named him Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers: and his mother named him Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers: and his mother named him Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
¶ And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.1
- Jabez: that is, Sorrowful.
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
Now it came to pass that Jabez was more honourable than his brethren,—but, his mother, had called his name Jabez, [="he causes pain"] saying, Because I bare him with pain.
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.1
- Jabez: that is, Sorrowful
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
Catholicism
English
And Jabes was more honourable than any of his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabes, saying: Because I bore him with sorrow.