53 verses contain “anguish” (in the KJV: 24, in the BSB: 41) — showing 1–53
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And they said one to another, We are
verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the
anguish of his soul, when he
besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his
anguish when he
pleaded with us, but we would not
listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they
hearkened not unto Moses for
anguish of spirit, and for cruel
bondage.
Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel
bondage, they did not
listen to him.
The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
The nations will hear and
tremble;
anguish will
grip the dwellers of Philistia.
This day will I begin to put the
dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall
tremble, and be in
anguish because of thee.
This very day I will begin to put the
dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and
tremble in
anguish because of you.”
Count not thine
handmaid for a daughter of
Belial: for out of the abundance of my
complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
And he said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and
slay me: for
anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
Then he
begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for
agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
Therefore I will not
refrain my mouth; I will speak in the
anguish of my spirit; I will
complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the
anguish of my spirit; I will
complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
I will be
glad and
rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in
adversities;
I will be
glad and
rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my
affliction; You have known the
anguish of my soul.
I am feeble and
sore broken: I have
roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in
travail.
Trembling seized them there,
anguish like a woman in labor.
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of
hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
When your fear cometh as
desolation, and your destruction cometh as a
whirlwind; when distress and
anguish cometh upon you.
when your
dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a
whirlwind, when distress and
anguish overwhelm you.
And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness,
dimness of
anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the
gloom of
anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be
amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Terror, pain, and
anguish will seize them; they will
writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces
flushed with fear.
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
Therefore my body is filled with
anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am
bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and
anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the
viper and
fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young
asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of
hardship and distress, of
lioness and lion, of
viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of
donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Surely for my own
welfare I had such great
anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of
oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
He shall see of the
travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant
justify many; for he shall bear their
iniquities.
After the
anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will
justify many, and He will bear their
iniquities.
My
bowels, my
bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the
trump, the
alarm of war.
My
anguish, my
anguish! I
writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the
alarm of battle.
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in
travail, and the
anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of
Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying,
Woe is me now! for my soul is
wearied because of murderers.
For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of
anguish like one bearing her first child— the cry of the Daughter of
Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “
Woe is me, for my soul
faints before the murderers!”
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble:
anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in
travail.
We have heard the report; our hands
hang limp.
Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
What
wilt thou say when he shall
punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in
travail?
What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you
yourself trained? Will not pangs of
anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?
Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a
spoiler at
noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at
noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them
anguish and dismay.
O inhabitant of
Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how
gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in
travail!
O inhabitant of
Lebanon,
nestled in the cedars, how you will
groan when pangs of
anguish come upon you,
agony like a woman in labor.”
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to
flee, and fear hath seized on her:
anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in
travail.
Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to
flee.
Panic has gripped her;
anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble:
anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in
travail.
The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands
hang limp.
Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
The ways of
Zion do
mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are
desolate: her priests
sigh, her virgins are
afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
The roads to
Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests
groan, her maidens
grieve, and she herself is bitter with
anguish.
Give them sorrow of heart, thy
curse unto them.
Put a
veil of
anguish over their hearts; may Your
curse be upon them!
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.
And they shall make themselves utterly
bald for thee, and
gird them with
sackcloth, and they shall
weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter
wailing.
And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in
Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be
anguish in
Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are
torn down.
In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to
frighten Cush out of
complacency.
Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s
doom. For it is indeed coming.
And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent
asunder, and
Noph shall have distresses daily.
And when he came to the den, he
cried with a
lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
When he reached the den, he
cried out in a voice of
anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
And, behold, one like the
similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.
Now why
dost thou cry out
aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in
travail.
Why do you now cry
aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your
counselor perished so that
anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
And being in an
agony he prayed more earnestly: and his
sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
And in His
anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His
sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
A woman when she is in
travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the
anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
A woman has pain in
childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her
anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
Tribulation and
anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the
Jew first, and also of the
Gentile;
There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the
Jew, then for the Greek;
That I have great
heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
For out of much
affliction and
anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be
grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and
anguish of heart, not to
grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.
And the fifth angel poured out his
vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they
gnawed their tongues for pain,
And the fifth angel poured out his
bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was
plunged into darkness, and men began to
gnaw their tongues in
anguishAnd laid away her glorious
apparel, and put on the garments of
anguish and
mourning: and instead of precious ointments, she covered her head with ashes and dung, and she humbled her body greatly, and all the places of her joy she filled with her
torn hair.
And she was
ruddy through the perfection of her beauty, and her countenance was
cheerful and very
amiable: but her heart was in
anguish for fear.
They that
rejoice at the fall of the righteous shall be taken in the
snare; and
anguish shall
consume them before they die.
O Lord
Almighty, God of Israel, the soul in
anguish the troubled spirit, crieth unto thee.
