19 occurrences in 9 translations

'Moan' in the Bible

Moan, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

Why are you in despair, O my soul?And why have you become restless and disturbed within me?Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise HimFor the help of His presence.

Verse ConceptsPraiseDespair, Description OfDespair, Remedies ForDepression, Solutions ToDepression, SymptomsHope, In GodOptimismPessimismAfflictions, Consolation DuringComfort, When DiscouragedComfort In AfflictionI Am SadGod HelpsTrust In God!Despair

Why are you in despair, O my soul?Why have you become restless and disquieted within me?Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him,The help of my countenance and my God.

Verse ConceptsPraiseFaith, Necessity OfTrusting In God's PresenceDoubt, Dealing WithDepression, Solutions ToI Am SadGod HelpsTrust In God!DepressionAntidepressantsDespair

Why are you in despair, O my soul?And why are you restless and disturbed within me?Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him,The help of my [sad] countenance and my God.

Verse ConceptsLonelinessSelf PityI Am SadGod HelpsTrust In God!Hope For The RighteousGrieving With HopeDepressionDespair

Therefore Moab will wail; everyone of Moab will wail.You will moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-haresethAs those who are utterly stricken.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfLamentingDried Fruit

Therefore I moan like the sound of a lyre for Moab,as does my innermost being for Kir-heres.

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfHarps

I chirp like a swallow or a crane;I moan like a dove.My eyes grow weak looking upward.Lord, I am oppressed; support me.

Verse ConceptsdovesdiscouragementPrayer In DiscouragementSwallowsCauses of failure in

I have been silent for a long time; I have kept silent; I have restrained myself like one giving birth; I will moan, pant, and gasp together.

Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfGod, Suffering OfSilenceLabour PainsGod Being Silent

We all growl like bearsand moan like doves.We hope for justice, but there is none;for salvation, but it is far from us.

Verse ConceptsdovesRumblingBird SoundsFar From OneNo JusticeThose Not Saved

Therefore, I will wail over Moab.I will cry out for Moab, all of it;he will moan for the men of Kir-heres.

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfI Mourn Catastrophe

Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan -- each one for his iniquity.

Verse ConceptsdovesEscaping EvilOthers Mourning

The Lord said to him, "Go through the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it."

Verse ConceptsForeheadsSealsSorrowUnhappinessMarks On PeopleRepenting Of AbominationsStress And Hard Times

Cry out and moan, son of man, for it is wielded against my people; against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered up to the sword, along with my people. Therefore, strike your thigh.

Verse ConceptsPrincesWar As God's JudgmentThighsBeating OneselfKilled With The Sword

and your turbans shall be upon your heads, and your sandals upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall waste away in your iniquities and moan one toward another.

Verse ConceptsShoesClothing OneselfHeadgearNot Mourning

For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will howl like the jackals, and moan like the daughters of owls.

Verse ConceptsBarefeetNakednessSandalsSorrowBirds, Types Of BirdsNaked In ShameOstrichesTragedy

Beauty is stripped,she is carried away;her ladies-in-waiting moanlike the sound of doves,and beat their breasts.

Verse ConceptsdovesPeople Stripping PeopleBeating OneselfBird SoundsPeople Carrying Live People

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Cheer (35 instances)
Groan (39 instances)
Lament (75 instances)

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