Romans 9:2
that I have great grief and uninterrupted pain in my heart,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
In Context
1I say [the] truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in [the] Holy Spirit,
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:35And Samuel saw Saul no more until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned over Saul; and Jehovah repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
Isaiah 66:10Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all ye that love her; rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn over her:
Jeremiah 13:17And if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is gone into captivity.
Lamentations 3:48Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.
Ezekiel 9:4and Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.
Romans 10:1Brethren, the delight of my own heart and my supplication which [I address] to God for them is for 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 →