8 occurrences in 12 translations

'Trying' in the Bible

I am as full of anger as you are, Lord, I am tired of trying to hold it in." The Lord answered, "Vent it, then, on the children who play in the street and on the young men who are gathered together. Husbands and wives are to be included, as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.

And O Jehovah of Hosts, judging righteousness, Trying reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance against them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.'

Then the Lord said to me, “The [counterfeit] prophets are prophesying lies in My Name. I have neither sent them nor authorized them nor spoken to them. They are prophesying to you made-up visions [pretending to call forth responses from handmade gods], a worthless divination and the deceit of their own mind.

When I say, "I won't remember the LORD, nor will I speak in his name anymore, then there is this burning fire in my heart. It is bound up in my bones, I grow weary of trying to hold it in, and I cannot do it!

and give you to those who are trying to kill you, whom you fear that is, to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Chaldeans.

So these officials said to the king, "This man must be put to death. For he is demoralizing the soldiers who are left in the city as well as all the other people there by these things he is saying. This man is not seeking to help these people but is trying to harm them."

In the shadows of the walls of Heshbon those trying to escape will stand helpless. For a fire will burst forth from Heshbon. Flames will shoot out from the former territory of Sihon. They will burn the foreheads of the people of Moab, the skulls of those war-loving people.

This is what the Lord who rules over all says, "Babylon's thick wall will be completely demolished. Her high gates will be set on fire. The peoples strive for what does not satisfy. The nations grow weary trying to get what will be destroyed."

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּחן 
Bachan 
Usage: 29

חקר 
Chaqar 
Usage: 27

נסה 
Nacah 
Usage: 36

צרף 
Tsaraph 
Usage: 33

δοκιμάζω 
Dokimazo 
Usage: 20

δοκίμιον 
Dokimion 
Usage: 2

πειράζω 
Peirazo 
Usage: 33

πειρασμός 
Peirasmos 
Usage: 12

πυρόω 
Puroo 
burn , fiery , be on fire , try
Usage: 5

Τρύφαινα 
Truphaina 
Usage: 1

Τρυφῶσα 
Truphosa 
Usage: 1

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