New American Standard Bible 2020
Romans 9:2
2that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart.
Romans 9:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
- New International Version (NIV)I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
- English Standard Version (ESV)that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
- New King James Version (NKJV)that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.
Context of Romans 9:2
1I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit, that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart. 3For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my countrymen, my kinsmen according to the flesh, 4who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons and daughters, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law, the temple service, and the promises;
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ὅτι λύπη μοί ἐστιν μεγάλη καὶ ἀδιάλειπτος ὀδύνη τῇ καρδίᾳ μου.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Romans 9:2
- Romans 10:1Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation.
- 1 Samuel 15:35And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, though Samuel mourned for Saul. And the Lord regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
- Psalms 119:136My eyes shed streams of water, Because they do not keep Your Law.
- Isaiah 66:10“Be joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who love her; Be exceedingly glad with her, all you who mourn over her,
- Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For those slain of the daughter of my people!
- Jeremiah 13:17But if you do not listen to it, My soul will weep in secret for such pride; And my eyes will shed And stream down tears, Because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.
- Lamentations 1:12“Is it nothing to all you who pass this way? Look and see if there is any pain like my pain Which was inflicted on me, With which the Lord tormented me on the day of His fierce anger.
- Lamentations 3:48My eyes run down with streams of water Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- Ezekiel 9:4And the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and make a mark on the foreheads of the people who groan and sigh over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.”
- Luke 19:41When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it,
- Philippians 3:18For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even as I weep, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ,
- Revelation 11:3And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
Commentaries on Romans 9:2
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3Paul does not clearly explain why he feels such deep sorrow for his Jewish brothers and sisters. However, he says that he would be willing to be cursed for their sake if it would save them. This shows that his pain comes from the fact that most Jews did not accept Jesus and be saved (see also 10:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-33Too well aware that he was regarded as a traitor to the dearest interests of his people (Ac 21:33; 22:22; 25:24), the apostle opens this division of his subject by giving vent to his real feelings with extraordinary vehemence of protestation. 1-2. I say the truth in Christ--as if steeped in the spirit of Him who wept over impenitent and doomed Jerusalem (compare Ro 1:9; 2Co 12:19; Php 1:8). my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost--"my…Read the comment
- Calvin’s Commentaries · v. 22. That I have great sorrow, etc. He dexterously manages so to cut short his sentence as not yet to express what he was going to say; for it was not as yet seasonable openly to mention the destruction of the Jewish nation. It may be added, that he thus intimates a greater measure of sorrow, as imperfect sentences are for the most part full of pathos. But he will presently express the cause of his sorrow, after having more fully testified his sincerity…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Romans 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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