Romans 9:2
that for me there is great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:35Samuel did not see Saul until the day of his death, for he mourned for Saul. Yahweh was grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.
Isaiah 66:10Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; 1 rejoice with her, all you who mourned over her! 1
Jeremiah 13:17So if you will not listen, I will weep alone because of your arrogance. 1 My eyes will certainly weep and flow with tears, for Yahweh's flock has been taken captive. 1
Lamentations 3:48My eyes flow with streams of tears because my people are destroyed. 1
Ezekiel 9:4Yahweh said to him, “Pass through the midst of the city—the midst of Jerusalem—and make a mark on the foreheads of those who groan and sigh about all the abominations being performed in the midst of the city.”
Romans 10:1Brothers, my heart's desire and my request to God is for them, for their 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 →