38 occurrences in 11 translations

'Overwhelm' in the Bible

For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the grief that would overwhelm my father.”

or what he did to the army of Egypt, including their horses and chariots, when he made the waters of the Red Sea overwhelm them while they were pursuing you and he annihilated them.

All these curses will come upon you and will overwhelm you until you are exterminated, because you didn't obey the LORD your God to keep his commands and statutes, which he had commanded you.

then Yahweh shall overwhelm [you] with your plagues and the plagues of your offspring, severe plagues and lasting illnesses, grievous and enduring.

Israel's power continued to overwhelm King Jabin of Canaan until they did away with him.

The LORD asked Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil. He remains firm in his integrity, even though you have been urging me to overwhelm him without cause."

Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

removing his rod from me, and not letting terror of him overwhelm me.

“Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up;Again, He sends the waters out, and they overwhelm and devastate the earth.

Distress and pressure terrify him; they overwhelm him, like a king poised for attack.

Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.

Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.

For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

Why should I be afraid in times of trouble, when the sinful deeds of deceptive men threaten to overwhelm me?

Iniquities overwhelm me;only You can atone for our rebellions.

I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold;I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me.

Let neither the floodwaters overwhelm me nor let the deep swallow me up, nor the mouth of the well close over me.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,And the light around me will be night,”

When those who surround me rise up,may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.

Turn your eyes away from me -- they overwhelm me! Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead.

For this reason my stomach churns; cramps overwhelm me like the contractions of a woman in labor. I am disturbed by what I hear, horrified by what I see.

I will make justice the measuring line, fairness the plumb line; hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.

Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

"Look! Enemies are gathering in the north like water rising in a river. They will be like an overflowing stream. They will overwhelm the whole country and everything in it like a flood. They will overwhelm the cities and their inhabitants. People will cry out in alarm. Everyone living in the country will cry out in pain.

I will send famine and wild beasts against you and they will take your children from you. Plague and bloodshed will overwhelm you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the Lord, have spoken!"

They will put on sackcloth,and horror will overwhelm them.Shame will cover all their faces,and all their heads will be bald.

"For this is what the sovereign Lord says: When I make you desolate like the uninhabited cities, when I bring up the deep over you and the surging waters overwhelm you,

"Shame will overwhelm you because of the violence you inflicted on your brother Jacob, and you will be excluded forever.

For your violence against Lebanonwill overwhelm you;the destruction of animals will terrify youbecause of your human bloodshed and violenceagainst lands, cities, and all who live in them.

But my words and my statutes that I gave as commands to my servants the prophets did they not overwhelm your ancestors? And they returned to me: "The LORD of the Heavenly Armies acted toward us just as he planned to do in keeping with our lifestyles and in keeping with our actions.'"

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כּסה 
Kacah 
Usage: 152

עטף 
`ataph 
Usage: 16

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