Romans 9:2
That I am full of sorrow and pain without end.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
In Context
3For I have a desire to take on myself the curse for my brothers, my family in the flesh:
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:35And Samuel never saw Saul again till the day of his death; but Samuel was sorrowing for Saul: and it was no longer the Lord's pleasure for Saul to be king over Israel.
Isaiah 66:10And Sharon will be a grass-land for the flocks, and the valley of Achor a resting-place for the herds: for my people whose hearts have been turned back to me.
Jeremiah 13:17But if you do not give ear to it, my soul will be weeping in secret for your pride; my eye will be weeping bitterly, streaming with water, because the Lord's flock has been taken away as prisoners.
Lamentations 3:48Rivers of water are running down from my eyes, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Ezekiel 9:4The Lord said to him, Go through the town, through the middle of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the brows of the men who are sorrowing and crying for all the disgusting things which are done in it.
Romans 10:1Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.
Matthew Henry on Romans 9:2-6
Paul's Anxiety for the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as… Read the whole commentary →