Romans 9:2
That I have great grief and incessant travail in my heart;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:35And Samuel did no more see Saul, until the day of his death, for Samuel pined for Saul,—but, Yahweh, was grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.
Isaiah 66:10Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and exult over her All ye who love her,—Joy with her right joyfully, All ye who used to mourn over her:
Jeremiah 13:17But if ye will not hear it, In secret places, shall my soul weep Because of the pride, And mine eye, shall flow over, and run down with tears, Because captive hath been taken the flock of Yahweh.
Lamentations 3:48With streams of water, mine eye runneth down, over the grievous injury of the daughter of my people.
Ezekiel 9:4Then said Yahweh unto him. Pass along through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem,—and set thou a mark upon the foreheads of the men who are sighing and crying over all the abominations that are being done in her midst.
Romans 10:1Brethren! the delight of my own heart and my supplication God-ward in their behalf, are 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 →