1 Chronicles 4:9 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Chronicles 4:9 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיְהִ֣י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
יַעְבֵּ֔ץ
Yaʻbêts
H3258
Jabez
נִכְבָּ֖ד
kâbad
H3513
to be heavy
מֵאֶחָ֑יו
ʼâch
H251
brother
וְאִמּ֗וֹ
ʼêm
H517
mother
קָרְאָ֨ה
qârâʼ
H7121
to call
שְׁמ֤וֹ
shêm
H8034
name
יַעְבֵּץ֙
Yaʻbêts
H3258
Jabez
לֵאמֹ֔ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
כִּ֥י
kîy
H3588
that
יָלַ֖דְתִּי
yâlad
H3205
to bear
בְּעֹֽצֶב
ʻôtseb
H6090
pain
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers: and his mother named him Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
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King James Version Public Domain
And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Now Jabez was honored more than his brothers. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore in pain.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).