Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
that my grief is great and [there is] constant distress in my heart.
New American Standard Bible
that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart.
King James Version
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
Holman Bible
that I have intense sorrow and continual anguish in my heart.
International Standard Version
I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart,
A Conservative Version
that great distress is in me, and unceasing sorrow in my heart.
American Standard Version
that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
Amplified
that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
An Understandable Version
that I have great sorrow and continual anguish in my heart.
Anderson New Testament
That I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart;
Bible in Basic English
That I am full of sorrow and pain without end.
Common New Testament
that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
Daniel Mace New Testament
that I have great heaviness, and continual sorrow in my heart.
Darby Translation
that I have great grief and uninterrupted pain in my heart,
Godbey New Testament
that there is great sorrow to me and incessant grief to my heart.
Goodspeed New Testament
when I say that I am greatly pained and my heart is constantly distressed,
John Wesley New Testament
That I have great sorrow and continual anguish in my heart.
Julia Smith Translation
That there is great grief to me and continued pain in my heart.
King James 2000
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
Modern King James verseion
that I have great heaviness and continual pain in my heart.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that I have great heaviness, and continual sorrow in my heart.
Moffatt New Testament
when I say that I am in sore pain. I suffer endless anguish of heart.
Montgomery New Testament
and incessant anguish in my heart.
NET Bible
I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
New Heart English Bible
that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
Noyes New Testament
I have great grief and unceasing anguish in my heart.
Sawyer New Testament
that I have great grief and continual pain in my heart;
The Emphasized Bible
That I have great grief and incessant travail in my heart;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
that great is my sorrow and unceasing the anguish in my heart.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Bears me out when I say that there is a great weight of sorrow upon me and that my heart is never free from pain.
Webster
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
Weymouth New Testament
when I declare that I have deep grief and unceasing anguish of heart.
Williams New Testament
that I have deep grief and constant anguish in my heart;
World English Bible
that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
Worsley New Testament
that I have great grief and continual sorrow in my heart:
Youngs Literal Translation
that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart --
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 36 Translations in Romans 9:2
Images Romans 9:2
Prayers for Romans 9:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Rejection
1 I am telling the truth in Christ--[I am] not lying; my conscience bears witness to me in the Holy Spirit-- 2 that my grief is great and [there is] constant distress in my heart. 3 For I could wish myself to be accursed from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my fellow countrymen according to the flesh,
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:35
Samuel {did not see Saul again} until the day of his death, but Samuel mourned over Saul, and Yahweh regretted that he made Saul king over Israel.
Psalm 119:136
Streams of water flow down [from] my eyes, because [people] do not heed your law.
Isaiah 66:10
"Rejoice with Jerusalem and shout in exultation with her, all those who love her! Rejoice with her [in] joy, all those who mourn over her,
Jeremiah 9:1
{Oh that my head were waters}, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I might weep day and night, [for] the slain of the daughter of my people.
Jeremiah 13:17
But if you will not listen to it, my inner self will weep in secret places, because of {the presence of} [your] pride. And my eyes will weep bitterly, and they will melt [in] tears, because the flock of Yahweh has been taken captive.
Lamentations 1:12
Is it nothing to you, {all who pass by}? Look and see if there is sorrow like my sorrow, which was dealt to me, which Yahweh inflicted on the {day of his wrath}.
Lamentations 3:48-49
Channels of water run down my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Lamentations 3:51
My eyes inflict my soul because of all the daughters of my city.
Ezekiel 9:4
And Yahweh said to him, "Go through in the midst of the city, in the midst of Jerusalem, and you must place a mark on the foreheads of the men {who are groaning and lamenting} about all of the detestable things {that are being done} in the midst of her."
Luke 19:41-44
And when he approached [and] saw the city, he wept over it,
Romans 10:1
Brothers, the desire of my heart and my prayer to God on behalf of them [is] for [their] salvation.
Philippians 3:18
For many live, of whom I spoke about to you many times, but now speak about even weeping, [as] the enemies of the cross of Christ,
Revelation 11:3
And I will grant [authority] to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy [for one] thousand two hundred sixty days, dressed in sackcloth."