15 occurrences in 10 translations

'Languish' in the Bible

Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and languish for them all the day long; and there shall be no power in thy hand to help it.

Verse ConceptsPower, HumanPowerlessnessPeople's Inability To SaveChildren SufferingUnable To Save

“He who informs against friends for a share of the spoil,The eyes of his children also will languish.

Verse ConceptsReward, HumanFlatteryGiving Information

My eyes languish on account of my affliction; all day long I call out to you, LORD, I spread out my hands to you.

Verse ConceptsDaily DutyUnceasingEyes HarmedAlways PrayingI Pray

For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

Verse ConceptsDestroying Vineyards

The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

Verse ConceptsFishesLamentingNetsOccupationsFishermen

The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

Verse ConceptsHaughtinessTransient WorldMourning Due To Catastrophe

Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

Verse ConceptsSorrow

And they shall come and sing aloud upon the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of Jehovah, for corn, and for new wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd; and their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall not languish any more at all.

Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheGarden, NaturalHorticultureWater IrrigationJoy, And Human ExperienceWineHerdsMetaphorical WateringPeople Providing

The LORD planned to destroy the walls of cherished Zion. He measured them with his line. He did not withhold his hand from destruction. He made both ramparts and defensive walls mourn; they languish together.

Verse ConceptsPlumb LineWallsGod DestroyingDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallMourning Due To Catastrophe

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore dost thou sigh? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall languish, and all knees shall melt into water: behold, it cometh; it is here, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsBad NewsdiscouragementWeakness, PhysicalKneesThings Like WaterLike WaterLosing CourageNo Strength LeftWhy Do You Do This?

Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Verse ConceptsDecaySeaShepherds, As OccupationsMourning In RegretDyingBirdsFishThe Sea

Spoiled is the field, mourned hath the ground, For spoiled is the corn, Dried up hath been new wine, languish doth oil.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholdrynessOilWineDestruction Of PlantsShortage Of WineProvision Of OilNo FoodMourning Due To Catastrophe

The vine hath been dried up, And the fig-tree doth languish, Pomegranate, also palm, and apple-tree, All trees of the field have withered, For dried up hath been joy from the sons of men.

Verse ConceptsPalm TreesFruitFig treedrynessApplesPomegranatesHarming TreesLack Of Rejoicing

He said, "From Zion the LORD roars, and from Jerusalem he shouts aloud. The shepherds' pastures will languish, and Carmel's summit will wither."

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As OccupationsTheophanyThunderGod SpeakingMourning Due To CatastrophePasturing The FlockThunder Expressing God's Judgment

He rebukes the sea, and it evaporates; he dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel wither, while the flowers of Lebanon languish.

Verse ConceptsdrynessGod Drying Things UpFailing RiversThe Sea DividedFamine

Bible Theasaurus

Ache (1 instance)
Decrease (9 instances)
Grieve (43 instances)
Languish (15 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אמל 
'amal 
Usage: 16

דּוי 
D@vay 
Usage: 2

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