1 Chronicles 4:9
King James Version
9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
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1 Chronicles 4:9
New International Version
9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez,[a] saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.”
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 4:9 Jabez sounds like the Hebrew for pain.
Acts 17:11
King James Version
11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
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Acts 17:11
New International Version
11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica,(A) for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures(B) every day to see if what Paul said was true.(C)
Genesis 34:19
King James Version
19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
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Genesis 34:19
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19 The young man, who was the most honored(A) of all his father’s family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.(B)
1 Samuel 4:21
King James Version
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.
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1 Samuel 4:21
New International Version
21 She named the boy Ichabod,[a](A) saying, “The Glory(B) has departed from Israel”—because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 4:21 Ichabod means no glory.
Genesis 3:16
King James Version
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
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Genesis 3:16
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16 To the woman he said,
1 Chronicles 7:23
King James Version
23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
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1 Chronicles 7:23
New International Version
23 Then he made love to his wife again, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. He named him Beriah,[a] because there had been misfortune in his family.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 7:23 Beriah sounds like the Hebrew for misfortune.
Genesis 35:18
King James Version
18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
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Genesis 35:18
New International Version
18 As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni.[a](A) But his father named him Benjamin.[b](B)
Footnotes
- Genesis 35:18 Ben-Oni means son of my trouble.
- Genesis 35:18 Benjamin means son of my right hand.
Isaiah 43:4
King James Version
4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
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Isaiah 43:4
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