1 Chronicles 4:10
Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border! May your hand be with me, and may you keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” God granted him that which he requested.This verse in the real world
In what words
- יַעְבֵּץYaʻbêtsJabets, the name of an Israelite, and also of a place in Palestine
- עָצַבʻâtsabproperly, to carve, i.e. fabricate or fashion; hence (in a bad sense) to worry, pain or an
- אִםʼimused very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, altho
- שָׁאַלshâʼalto inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
- גְּבוּלgᵉbûwlproperly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territor
- רָבָהrâbâhto increase (in whatever respect)
- בָרַךְbârakto kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mat 7:7–11, Psa 116:1–4, Pro 10:22, Jer 33:3, Isa 41:10, Eph 3:20, 2Ti 4:18, Psa 119:173