Romans 9:2

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“I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.”

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BSBPD

“I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart--”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Romans 9:2 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 15:35And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
  2. Psalms 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
  3. Isaiah 66:10Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
  4. Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
  5. Jeremiah 13:17But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
  6. Lamentations 1:12Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
  7. Lamentations 3:48Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
  8. Lamentations 3:51My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.
  9. Ezekiel 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
  10. Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
  11. Romans 10:1Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.
  12. Philippians 3:18For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
  13. Revelation 11:3And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

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