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NASB | 1 Chronicles 4:9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez saying, "Because I bore him with pain." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Chronicles 4:9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; but his mother named him Jabez, saying, "Because I gave birth to him in pain." |
Subject: More thoughts on the prayer of Jabez? |
Bible Note: Joe, as it was in the days of Ecclesiastes "the writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearing to the body", so it is today. Having but two eyes, one part-time brain, and just 24 hours a day, I long ago abandoned hope of even trying to keep up with all the new printed stuff that clamors for attention. "The Prayer of Jabez" is a case in point. I have not read it nor intend to. But it has made so much stir that I did manage to read a couple of fairly illuminating reviews. The apparent raison d'etre for the book is to teach its readers to repeat the prayer of Jabez daily for 30 days, I believe the review said, and "see what happens." I'm vague on exactly what is supposed to happen, but I take it that the writer implies that it will be good. If these reviews are on the mark, then the reviews are all I care ever to know of the book. It reminds me of the positive thinking aphorisms that the disciples of Norman Vincent Peale were to chant until they got rich and famous. --Hank |