9 occurrences

'Powerless' in the Bible

Your sons and daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes grow weary looking for them every day. But you will be powerless to do anything.

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

Their inhabitants have become powerless,dismayed, and ashamed.They are plants of the field,tender grass,grass on the rooftops,blasted by the east wind.

Verse ConceptsColors, GreenPlantsTendernessWicked Described AsScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast number that comes to fight against us. We do not know what to do, but we look to You.

Verse ConceptsDependencePower, God's SavingWeakness, PhysicalAfflictions, Prayer DuringPowerlessness

We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

Verse ConceptsdaughtersBodyPower, HumanLike People By NatureNo Earthly Inheritance

How you have helped the powerlessand delivered the arm that is weak!

Verse ConceptsArmsHelp The WeakNo Help

Their inhabitants have become powerless,dismayed, and ashamed.They are plants of the field,tender grass,grass on the rooftops,blasted by the east wind.

Verse ConceptsGrassPlantsTendernessMan As GrassScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

I was left alone, looking at this great vision. No strength was left in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.

Verse ConceptsLonelinessActing AloneExpressions On FacesVisions From GodNo Strength Left

Suddenly one with human likeness touched my lips. I opened my mouth and said to the one standing in front of me, “My lord, because of the vision, anguish overwhelms me and I am powerless.

Verse ConceptsdefeatTouchTouching For HealingLike MenNo Strength Left

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Crippled (21 instances)
Disabled (9 instances)
Disqualified (10 instances)
Impotent (5 instances)
Incapable (11 instances)
Incompetent (1 instance)
Ineffective (14 instances)
Powerless (38 instances)

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