1 Esdræ 4:10

Nova Vulgata

Invocavit vero Iabes Deum Israel dicens: "Si benedicens benedixeris mihi et dilataveris terminos meos, et fuerit manus tua mecum, et feceris me a malitia non opprimi!". Et praestitit Deus quae precatus est.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Faciamus ergo ei cœnaculum parvum, et ponamus ei in eo lectulum, et mensam, et sellam, et candelabrum, ut cum venerit ad nos, maneat ibi.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Invocavit vero Jabes Deum Israël, dicens: Si benedicens benedixeris mihi, et dilataveris terminos meos, et fuerit manus tua mecum, et feceris me a malitia non opprimi. Et præstitit Deus quæ precatus est.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

called: 1 Chronicles 16:8, Genesis 12:8, Job 12:4, Psalms 55:16, Psalms 99:6, Psalms 116:2-4, Jeremiah 33:3, Romans 10:12-14, 1 Corinthians 1:2

the God: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 33:20, 1 Samuel 1:17, Isaiah 41:17

Oh that: etc. Heb. If thou wilt, etc. Luke 19:42

bless me: Genesis 12:2, Genesis 32:26, Psalms 72:17, Acts 3:26, Ephesians 1:3

enlarge: Joshua 17:14-18, Judges 1:27-36, Proverbs 10:22

thine hand: Psalms 119:173, Isaiah 41:10, John 10:28

that thou: Genesis 48:16, Proverbs 30:8, Matthew 6:13, Romans 12:9, Romans 16:19, 2 Timothy 4:18

keep me: Heb. do me

that it may: Psalms 32:3, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 51:8, Psalms 51:12, Matthew 26:75, John 21:17, 2 Corinthians 2:1-7, Ephesians 4:30, Revelation 3:19

God granted: 1 Kings 3:7-13, Job 22:27, Job 22:28, Psalms 21:4, Psalms 65:2, Psalms 66:19, Psalms 66:20, Psalms 116:1, Psalms 116:2, Matthew 7:7-11, Ephesians 3:20

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:28 - General Exodus 34:24 - enlarge Numbers 6:27 - and I will Deuteronomy 12:20 - shall Deuteronomy 33:20 - Blessed 2 Samuel 22:20 - brought 2 Kings 19:15 - O Lord God 1 Chronicles 2:55 - Jabez Proverbs 23:25 - and she Luke 22:40 - Pray John 17:15 - keep 2 Corinthians 13:7 - I pray 2 Thessalonians 3:3 - and

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jabez called on the God of Israel,.... Or prayed to him, as the Targum; though some understand it as a vow, promising what he would do if God would do thus and thus for him; the Syriac and Arabic versions read in the third person, taking it to be what others, his parents and friends, wished for him,

let him bless thee,.... but they are doubtless his own words, and a supplication of his to the Lord:

saying, oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed; the Targum adds, with children; but he no doubt prayed for greater blessings than any outward or temporal ones are, even spiritual blessings, covenant blessings, the sure mercies of David, which are solid, substantial, durable, and irreversible:

and enlarge my coast; the Targum is,

"multiply my borders with disciples.''

It may be understood of an enlargement of the borders of his country, by expelling the Canaanites that might dwell in it, and of an increase of his worldly substance for good ends and purposes; or rather of a spiritual enlargement by deliverance from spiritual enemies, and of grace as to exercise; and particularly of spiritual light and knowledge, and of the affections and desires of the soul after divine things, see Psalms 4:1

and that thine hand might be with me; the Targum adds, in business, prospering and succeeding him; the sense may be, that his hand of providence might be with him to protect him, of grace and love to comfort and help him in every time of need, of wisdom to direct him, and of power to keep him:

and that thou wouldest keep me from evil; from the evil of affliction, and especially from the evil of sin, and from the evil one, Satan, and from all evil men and evil company; the Targum is,

"and make me companions such as I am:''

that it may not grieve me; alluding to his name Jabez, which he had from the sorrow and grief of his mother; and nothing is more grieving to a good man than the evil of sin, so contrary to the nature and will of God, being committed against a God of infinite love, grace, and mercy, whereby the name, ways, and truths of Christ are dishonoured, and the Spirit of God grieved, and saints are bereaved of much comfort; and therefore desire to be kept from it, knowing they cannot keep themselves, but the Lord can and will, at least from the tyranny of it, and destruction by it: the Targum is,

"lest the evil figment (or corruption of nature) should move or provoke me:''

and God granted him that which he requested; as he does whatever is asked in faith, according to his will, and will make for his glory, and the good of his people; see 1 John 5:14.