1 Chronicles 4:9

Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

Note 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 bare him with sorrow.

Note Jabez: that is, Sorrowful

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him with sorrow.”

Note “Jabez” sounds similar to the Hebrew word for “pain”.

And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.