26 occurrences

'Difficult' in the Bible

And {when her labor was the most difficult} the midwife said to her, "Do not be afraid {for you have another son}."

Verse ConceptsMidwifechildbearing

Surely you will wear out, both you and this people who [are] with you, because the thing [is too] {difficult} for you. You are not able to do it alone.

Verse ConceptsPeople Wearing OutImpossible For PeopleNot AloneHard Tasks

And they judged the people all the time; the difficult issues they would bring to Moses, and every minor issue they would judge themselves.

Verse ConceptsPeople Involved In JudgementHard TasksUnimportant ThingsStrength In Hard Times

You must not {be partial} {in your judgment}; hear [out] the small [person] as [also] the great [person]; {do not be intimidated by any person}, because the judgment [is] God's; and the case that is too difficult for you, bring [it] to me, and I will hear it [out].'

Verse ConceptsLawsuitsSmallnessMagistratesFear Of ManPartialityGreat And SmallHard TasksDo Not Fear MenJudgingRespectMaking DecisionsDecision MakingConflictFamily ConflictRespecting AuthorityJudging Others Actionsdiscrimination

"{If a matter is too difficult for you}, [for example disputes] between blood and blood, between legal claim and legal claim and between assault and assault [and between] matters of discernment in your {towns}, then you shall get up and you shall go to the place that Yahweh your God will choose;

Verse ConceptsSacred PlacesHard Tasks

When the men of Israel saw that [it was] {too difficult} for them, because the army was hard pressed, the people hid themselves in the caves, in the thorn bushes, in the cliffs, in the vaults and in the wells.

Verse ConceptsCavesRocksPeople In CavesHiding From PeopleCaves As Places Of Refuge

And Amnon {was so frustrated that he felt ill} because of Tamar his sister, because she [was] a virgin, and it [was] too difficult in Amnon's eyes to do anything with her.

Verse ConceptsInfatuationSick IndividualsHard Tasks

He said, "What you ask is difficult. If you see me being taken from you, it will be so for you, but if not, it will not happen."

Verse ConceptsHard TasksSeeing People

But his servants came near and spoke to him and said, "My father, [if] the prophet had spoken a difficult thing to you to do, would you not have done [it]? [Why not] even when he says to you, 'Wash and you shall be clean'?"

Verse ConceptsServants, GoodNamed Prophets Of The LordExamples Of Good Servants

{Prepare yourself for a difficult task like a man}, and I will question you, and you shall declare to me.

Verse ConceptsGod EnquiringAnticipationTeaching GodPreparing For Action

"{Prepare yourself for a difficult task like a man}, and I will question you, and you shall declare to me.

Verse ConceptsGod EnquiringTeaching GodPreparing For ActionMasculinity

My heart is not haughty nor my eyes {arrogant}. And I do not {concern myself} with things too great and difficult for me.

Verse ConceptsPride, Evil OfSuperiorityHaughtinessHumble PeopleExercisemyself

For you are sent to the house of Israel, not to a people {of obscure speech} and {of a difficult language},

[and] not to many nations {of obscure speech} and {a difficult language} {whose words} you do not understand, [for] if I had sent you to them they would have listened to you.

Verse ConceptsUnintelligiblenessNot Understanding Language

And the thing that the king is asking [is too] difficult and {there is no one who} can reveal it to the king except [the] gods {whose dwelling is not with mortals}."

Verse ConceptsSpirit BeingsHard TasksNo One Available

" ' Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I myself know that [the] spirit of [the] holy gods [is] in you, and {no mystery is too difficult} for you. [Now] tell [me] [the] visions of my dream that I saw, and its explanation.

Verse ConceptsMysterySpirit, Emotional Aspects OfEasy For People

And Jesus looked around [and] said to his disciples, "How {difficult it is for} those who possess wealth to enter into the kingdom of God!"

Verse ConceptsEntering The KingdomChrist SeeingChrist Speaking To DisciplesDrawbacks To RichesHard To Be SavedKingdom Of Heaven

And the disciples were astounded at his words. But Jesus answered [and] said to them again, "Children, how difficult it is to enter into the kingdom of God!

Verse ConceptsAffluenceChildren, Figurative SenseProsperityAmazement, Of Jesus ChristFalse ConfidenceRiches, Dangers OfEntering The KingdomThe Disciples ReactionsSaying RepeatedlyHard To Be Saved

And Jesus took notice of him [and] said, "How {difficult it is for} those who possess wealth to enter into the kingdom of God!

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to the worldEntering The KingdomDrawbacks To RichesHard To Be Saved

For [this is] not that for others [there may be] relief, [and] for you difficult circumstances, but [as a matter] of equality.

Verse ConceptsHelping OthersHard WorkHardshipHelping Others In Needfairnessrelaxation

Bible Theasaurus

Arduous (1 instance)
Difficult (74 instances)
Formidable (2 instances)
Irksome (2 instances)
Laborious (14 instances)
Unmanageable (3 instances)