4:9a Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers.

Jabez was ⌊the most respected⌋ of his brothers.
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⌊There was a man called⌋ Jabez. ⌊He was a great man⌋ and he was better than his brothers.

4:9b His mother had named him Jabez,

His mother called him Jabez.
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His mother had given him the name Jabez,

4:9c saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

She said, “I gave birth to him in pain.”
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because she said that his birth had been very painful.

4:9b-c (reordered)

Jabez’s mother said, “His birth was very painful.” Therefore, she named him Jabez.
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Jabez’s mother said that his birth was very painful. That is why she named him Jabez.

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