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Description: Genesis 27:34
NET Translation: When Esau heard his father’s words, he wailed loudly and Bitterly. He said to his father, “Bless me too, my father!”
DARBY Translation: When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding Bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me me also, my father!
KJV Translation: And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding Bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, [even] me also, O my father.
Keywords: Seven
Description: Genesis 50:10
NET Translation: When they came to the threshing floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there with very great and Bitter sorrow. There Joseph observed a seven-day period of mourning for his father.
DARBY Translation: And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan; and there they lamented with a great and very grievous lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father of seven days.
KJV Translation: And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which [is] beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
Keywords: Bondage
Description: Exodus 1:14
NET Translation: They made their lives Bitter by hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.
DARBY Translation: and they emBittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness.
KJV Translation: And they made their lives Bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, [was] with rigour.
Keywords: Roast, Unleavened, Bread, Bitter, Herbs
Description: Exodus 12:8
NET Translation: They will eat the meat the same night; they will eat it roasted over the fire with bread made without yeast and with Bitter herbs.
DARBY Translation: And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with Bitter [herbs] shall they eat it.
KJV Translation: And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; [and] with Bitter [herbs] they shall eat it.
Keywords: Wilderness, Shur, Three
Description: Exodus 15:22
NET Translation: Then Moses led Israel to journey away from the Red Sea. They went out to the wilderness of Shur, walked for three days into the wilderness, and found no water.
DARBY Translation: And Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
KJV Translation: So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
Verse Intro: Bitter Water Made Sweet
Keywords: Marah
Description: Exodus 15:23
NET Translation: Then they came to Marah, but they were not able to drink the waters of Marah, because they were Bitter. (That is why its name was Marah.)
DARBY Translation: And they came to Marah, and could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were Bitter; therefore the name of it was called Marah.
KJV Translation: And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they [were] Bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
Keywords: Woman, Uncover, Head, Memorial, Remembrance
Description: Numbers 5:18
NET Translation: Then the priest will have the woman stand before the Lord, and he will uncover the woman’s head and put the grain offering for remembering in her hands, which is the grain offering of suspicion. The priest will hold in his hand the Bitter water that brings a curse.
DARBY Translation: And the priest shall set the woman before Jehovah, and uncover the woman's head, and put the memorial oblation in her hands, which is the jealousy offering; and in the hand of the priest shall be the Bitter water that bringeth the curse.
KJV Translation: And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which [is] the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the Bitter water that causeth the curse:
Keywords: Curse
Description: Numbers 5:19
NET Translation: Then the priest will put the woman under oath and say to her, “If no other man has gone to bed with you, and if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be free from this Bitter water that brings a curse.
DARBY Translation: And the priest shall adjure her, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone astray in uncleanness, in being with another instead of thy husband, be free from this Bitter water that bringeth the curse.
KJV Translation: And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness [with another] instead of thy husband, be thou free from this Bitter water that causeth the curse:
Description: Numbers 5:23
NET Translation: “‘Then the priest will write these curses on a scroll and then scrape them off into the Bitter water.
DARBY Translation: And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out with the Bitter water,
KJV Translation: And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot [them] out with the Bitter water:
Description: Numbers 5:24
NET Translation: He will make the woman drink the Bitter water that brings a curse, and the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce Bitterness.
DARBY Translation: and he shall cause the woman to drink the Bitter water that bringeth the curse, that the water that bringeth the curse may enter into her for Bitterness.
KJV Translation: And he shall cause the woman to drink the Bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, [and become] Bitter.
Description: Numbers 5:27
NET Translation: When he has made her drink the water, then if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce Bitterness—her abdomen will swell, her thigh will fall away, and the woman will become a curse among her people.
DARBY Translation: And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she have been defiled, and have committed unfaithfulness against her husband, that the water that bringeth the curse shall enter into her, for Bitterness, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall shrink; and the woman shall become a curse among her people.
KJV Translation: And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, [that], if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, [and become] Bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
Description: Numbers 9:11
NET Translation: They may observe it on the fourteenth day of the second month at twilight; they are to eat it with bread made without yeast and with Bitter herbs.
DARBY Translation: In the second month, on the fourteenth day, between the two evenings, shall they hold it; with unleavened bread and Bitter herbs shall they eat it.
KJV Translation: The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, [and] eat it with unleavened bread and Bitter [herbs].
Description: Deuteronomy 29:18
NET Translation: Beware that the heart of no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you turns away from the Lord our God today to pursue and serve the gods of those nations; beware that there is among you no root producing poisonous and Bitter fruit.
DARBY Translation: lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood,
KJV Translation: Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go [and] serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
Description: Deuteronomy 32:24
NET Translation: They will be starved by famine, eaten by plague, and Bitterly stung; I will send the teeth of wild animals against them, along with the poison of creatures that crawl in the dust.
DARBY Translation: They shall be consumed with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, And with poisonous pestilence; And the teeth of beasts will I send against them, With the poison of what crawleth in the dust.
KJV Translation: [They shall be] burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with Bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
Description: Deuteronomy 32:32
NET Translation: For their vine is from the stock of Sodom, and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes contain venom; their clusters of grapes are Bitter.
DARBY Translation: For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of poison, Bitter are their clusters;
KJV Translation: For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes [are] grapes of gall, their clusters [are] Bitter:
Description: Judges 5:23
NET Translation: ‘Call judgment down on Meroz,’ says the angel of the Lord; ‘Be sure to call judgment down on those who live there, because they did not come to help in the Lord’s battle, to help in the Lord’s battle against the warriors.’
DARBY Translation: Curse Meroz, saith the Angel of Jehovah; Curse, curse the inhabitants thereof; For they came not to the help of Jehovah, To the help of Jehovah among the mighty.
KJV Translation: Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye Bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
Description: Judges 21:2
NET Translation: So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably.
DARBY Translation: And the people came to Bethel, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices and wept Bitterly,
KJV Translation: And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
Description: Ruth 1:13
NET Translation: surely you would not want to wait until they were old enough to marry. Surely you would not remain unmarried all that time! No, my daughters, you must not return with me. For my intense suffering is too much for you to bear. For the Lord is afflicting me!”
DARBY Translation: would ye wait on that account till they were grown? Would ye stay on that account from having husbands? No, my daughters, for I am in much more Bitterness than you; for the hand of Jehovah is gone out against me.
KJV Translation: Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
Description: Ruth 1:20
NET Translation: But she replied to them, “Don’t call me ‘Naomi’! Call me ‘Mara’ because the Sovereign One has treated me very harshly.
DARBY Translation: And she said to them, Call me not Naomi call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very Bitterly with me.
KJV Translation: And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very Bitterly with me.
Description: 1 Samuel 1:10
NET Translation: As for Hannah, she was very distressed. She prayed to the Lord and was, in fact, weeping.
DARBY Translation: and she was in Bitterness of soul, and prayed to Jehovah, and wept much.
KJV Translation: And she [was] in Bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
Keywords: Death, King
Description: 1 Samuel 15:32
NET Translation: Then Samuel said, “Bring me King Agag of the Amalekites.” So Agag came to him trembling, thinking to himself, “Surely death is Bitter!”
DARBY Translation: And Samuel said, Bring ye near to me Agag the king of Amalek. And Agag came to him gaily. And Agag said, Surely the Bitterness of death is past.
KJV Translation: Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the Bitterness of death is past.
Description: 1 Samuel 22:2
NET Translation: All those who were in trouble or owed someone money or were discontented gathered around him, and he became their leader. He had about 400 men with him.
DARBY Translation: And every one in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one of emBittered spirit collected round him; and he became a captain over them; and there were with him about four hundred men.
KJV Translation: And every one [that was] in distress, and every one that [was] in debt, and every one [that was] discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Keywords: David, Man, Soul
Description: 1 Samuel 30:6
NET Translation: David was very upset, for the men were thinking of stoning him; each man grieved Bitterly over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.
DARBY Translation: And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him; for the soul of all the people was emBittered, every man because of his sons and because of his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.
KJV Translation: And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
Keywords: Called, Sword
Description: 2 Samuel 2:26
NET Translation: Then Abner called out to Joab, “Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will turn Bitter in the end? When will you tell the people to turn aside from pursuing their brothers?”
DARBY Translation: And Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be Bitterness in the latter end? and how long shall it be ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
KJV Translation: Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be Bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
Keywords: King
Description: 2 Samuel 13:36
NET Translation: Just as he finished speaking, the king’s sons arrived, wailing and weeping. The king and all his servants wept loudly as well.
DARBY Translation: And as soon as he had ended speaking, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept; and the king also and all his servants wept very Bitterly.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
Keywords: Israel, King
Description: 1 Kings 20:43
NET Translation: The king of Israel went home to Samaria Bitter and angry.
DARBY Translation: And the king of Israel went to his house sullen and vexed, and came to Samaria.
KJV Translation: And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
Keywords: Ahab, Inheritance
Description: 1 Kings 21:4
NET Translation: So Ahab went into his palace, Bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.” He lay down on his bed, pouted, and would not eat.
DARBY Translation: And Ahab came into his house sullen and vexed because of the word that Naboth the Jizreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he lay down on his bed, and turned away his face, and ate no bread.
KJV Translation: And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
Keywords: Spirit, Test, Wife
Description: 1 Kings 21:5
NET Translation: Then his wife Jezebel came in and said to him, “Why do you have a Bitter attitude and refuse to eat?”
DARBY Translation: And Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is thy spirit sullen, and thou eatest no bread?
KJV Translation: But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
Description: 2 Kings 14:26
NET Translation: The Lord saw Israel’s intense suffering; everyone was weak and incapacitated and Israel had no deliverer.
DARBY Translation: For Jehovah saw that the affliction of Israel was very Bitter; and that there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
KJV Translation: For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, [that it was] very Bitter: for [there was] not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
Keywords: Beseech, Hezekiah, Remember, Ruth, Truth
Description: 2 Kings 20:3
NET Translation: “Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept Bitterly.
DARBY Translation: Ah! Jehovah, remember, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept much.
KJV Translation: I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done [that which is] good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
Keywords: Anger, Sin
Description: Nehemiah 4:5
NET Translation: Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from your sight, for they have Bitterly offended the builders.
DARBY Translation: And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.
KJV Translation: And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.
Keywords: Ai, Mordecai, Sackcloth
Description: Esther 4:1
NET Translation: Now when Mordecai became aware of all that had been done, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth and ashes. He went out into the city, crying out in a loud and Bitter voice.
DARBY Translation: And when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his garments, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and Bitter cry,
KJV Translation: When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a Bitter cry;
Keywords: Life, Light
Description: Job 3:20
NET Translation: “Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is Bitter,
DARBY Translation: Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those Bitter of soul,
KJV Translation: Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the Bitter [in] soul;
Keywords: Rain
Description: Job 7:11
NET Translation: “Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the Bitterness of my soul.
DARBY Translation: Therefore I will not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the Bitterness of my soul.
KJV Translation: Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the Bitterness of my soul.
Keywords: Suffer
Description: Job 9:18
NET Translation: He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with Bitterness.
DARBY Translation: He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with Bitternesses.
KJV Translation: He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with Bitterness.
Keywords: Complaint, Soul
Description: Job 10:1
NET Translation: “I am weary of my life; I will complain freely without restraint; I will speak in the Bitterness of my soul.
DARBY Translation: My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the Bitterness of my soul.
KJV Translation: My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the Bitterness of my soul.
Keywords: Test
Description: Job 13:26
NET Translation: For you write down Bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth.
DARBY Translation: For thou writest Bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth;
KJV Translation: For thou writest Bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Description: Job 21:25
NET Translation: And another man dies in Bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good.
DARBY Translation: And another dieth in Bitterness of soul, and hath not tasted good:
KJV Translation: And another dieth in the Bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
Keywords: Complaint
Description: Job 23:2
NET Translation: “Even today my complaint is still Bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.
DARBY Translation: Even to-day is my complaint Bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
KJV Translation: Even to day [is] my complaint Bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Keywords: God
Description: Job 27:2
NET Translation: “As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life Bitter—
DARBY Translation: [As] God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath emBittered my soul,
KJV Translation: [As] God liveth, [who] hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, [who] hath vexed my soul;
Keywords: Tongue
Description: Psalms 64:3
NET Translation: They sharpen their tongues like swords; they aim their arrows, a slanderous charge,
DARBY Translation: Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a Bitter word;
KJV Translation: Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] Bitter words:
Keywords: Thirst
Description: Psalms 69:21
NET Translation: They put Bitter poison into my food, and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.
DARBY Translation: Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
KJV Translation: They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Keywords: Art, Heart
Description: Psalms 73:21
NET Translation: Yes, my spirit was Bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.
DARBY Translation: When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
KJV Translation: Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
Description: Proverbs 5:4
NET Translation: but in the end she is Bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
DARBY Translation: but her end is Bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
KJV Translation: But her end is Bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Keywords: Anger, Art, Heart, Stranger
Description: Proverbs 14:10
NET Translation: The heart knows its own Bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.
DARBY Translation: The heart knoweth its own Bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
KJV Translation: The heart knoweth his own Bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Keywords: Son
Description: Proverbs 17:25
NET Translation: A foolish child is a grief to his father, and Bitterness to the mother who bore him.
DARBY Translation: A foolish son is a grief to his father, and Bitterness to her that bore him.
KJV Translation: A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and Bitterness to her that bare him.
Keywords: Soul
Description: Proverbs 27:7
NET Translation: The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every Bitter thing is sweet.
DARBY Translation: The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every Bitter thing is sweet.
KJV Translation: The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every Bitter thing is sweet.
Keywords: Wine
Description: Proverbs 31:6
NET Translation: Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are Bitterly distressed;
DARBY Translation: Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the Bitter of soul:
KJV Translation: Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Keywords: Art, Death, Escape, God, Heart, Sinner
Description: Ecclesiastes 7:26
NET Translation: I discovered this: More Bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.
DARBY Translation: and I found more Bitter than death the woman whose heart is nets and snares, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.
KJV Translation: And I find more Bitter than death the woman, whose heart [is] snares and nets, [and] her hands [as] bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Keywords: Darkness, Evil, Light, Woe
Description: Isaiah 5:20
NET Translation: Beware, those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn Bitter into sweet and sweet into Bitter.
DARBY Translation: Woe unto them who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put Bitter for sweet, and sweet for Bitter!
KJV Translation: Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put Bitter for sweet, and sweet for Bitter!
Keywords: Besom
Description: Isaiah 14:23
NET Translation: “I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals and covered with pools of stagnant water. I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
DARBY Translation: And I will make it a possession for the Bittern, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith Jehovah of hosts.
KJV Translation: I will also make it a possession for the Bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
Keywords: Comfort
Description: Isaiah 22:4
NET Translation: So I say: “Don’t look at me! I am weeping Bitterly. Don’t try to console me concerning the destruction of my defenseless people.”
DARBY Translation: Therefore said I, Look away from me; let me weep Bitterly: labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
KJV Translation: Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep Bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
Keywords: Wine
Description: Isaiah 24:9
NET Translation: They no longer sing and drink wine; the beer tastes Bitter to those who drink it.
DARBY Translation: They do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is Bitter to them that drink it.
KJV Translation: They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be Bitter to them that drink it.
Keywords: Peace
Description: Isaiah 33:7
NET Translation: Look, ambassadors cry out in the streets; messengers sent to make peace weep Bitterly.
DARBY Translation: Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the messengers of peace weep Bitterly.
KJV Translation: Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep Bitterly.
Keywords: Bittern, Cormorant, Owl, Raven
Description: Isaiah 34:11
NET Translation: Owls and wild animals will live there, all kinds of wild birds will settle in it. The Lord will stretch out over her the measuring line of ruin and the plumb line of destruction.
DARBY Translation: And the pelican and the Bittern shall possess it, and the great owl and the raven shall dwell in it. And he shall stretch out upon it the line of waste, and the plummets of emptiness.
KJV Translation: But the cormorant and the Bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
Keywords: Beseech, Hezekiah, Remember, Ruth, Truth
Description: Isaiah 38:3
NET Translation: “Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept Bitterly.
DARBY Translation: and said, Ah, Jehovah, remember, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept much.
KJV Translation: And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done [that which is] good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
Keywords: Years
Description: Isaiah 38:15
NET Translation: What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.
DARBY Translation: What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done [it]. I shall go softly all my years in the Bitterness of my soul.
KJV Translation: What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done [it]: I shall go softly all my years in the Bitterness of my soul.
Keywords: Hind, Love, Peace, Soul
Description: Isaiah 38:17
NET Translation: “Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the Pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.
DARBY Translation: Behold, instead of peace I had Bitterness upon Bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
KJV Translation: Behold, for peace I had great Bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul [delivered it] from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Keywords: Ear, Evil, Fear, God, Prove, Reprove
Description: Jeremiah 2:19
NET Translation: Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the Lord your God, to show no respect for me,” says the Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
DARBY Translation: Thine own wickedness chastiseth thee, and thy backslidings reprove thee: know then and see that it is an evil thing and Bitter that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
KJV Translation: Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that [it is] an evil [thing] and Bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear [is] not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Description: Jeremiah 4:18
NET Translation: “The way you have lived and the things you have done will bring this on you. This is the punishment you deserve, and it will be painful indeed. The pain will be so bad it will pierce your heart.”
DARBY Translation: Thy way and thy doings have procured these [things] unto thee; this is thy wickedness, yea, it is Bitter, yea, it reacheth unto thy heart.
KJV Translation: Thy way and thy doings have procured these [things] unto thee; this [is] thy wickedness, because it is Bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
Description: Jeremiah 6:26
NET Translation: So I said, “Oh, my dear people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with painful sobs as though you had lost your only child. For any moment now that destructive army will come against us.”
DARBY Translation: Daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes: make mourning, [as] for an only son Bitter lamentation; for the spoiler cometh suddenly upon us.
KJV Translation: O daughter of my people, gird [thee] with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, [as for] an only son, most Bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
Keywords: God, Water
Description: Jeremiah 9:15
NET Translation: So then, listen to what I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, say, ‘I will make these people eat the Bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment.
DARBY Translation: therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink,
KJV Translation: Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, [even] this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
Keywords: Ear, Eye, Secret, Soul
Description: Jeremiah 13:17
NET Translation: But if you will not pay attention to this warning, I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep Bitterly, and my eyes will overflow with tears because you, the Lord’s flock, will be carried into exile.”
DARBY Translation: And if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is gone into captivity.
KJV Translation: But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.
Keywords: Jerusalem, Water
Description: Jeremiah 23:15
NET Translation: So then I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have something to say concerning the prophets of Jerusalem: ‘I will make these prophets eat the Bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. For the prophets of Jerusalem are the reason that ungodliness has spread throughout the land.’”
DARBY Translation: Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
KJV Translation: Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
Keywords: Children
Description: Jeremiah 31:15
NET Translation: The Lord says: “A sound is heard in Ramah, a sound of crying in Bitter grief. It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone.”
DARBY Translation: Thus saith Jehovah: A voice hath been heard in Ramah, the wail of very Bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children, because they are not.
KJV Translation: Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, [and] Bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they [were] not.
Keywords: Comfort
Description: Lamentations 1:2
NET Translation: ב (Bet). She weeps Bitterly at night; tears stream down her cheeks. She has no one to comfort her among all her lovers. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
DARBY Translation: She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers she hath no comforter; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
KJV Translation: She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears [are] on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort [her]: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
Keywords: Zion
Description: Lamentations 1:4
NET Translation: ד (Dalet). The roads to Zion mourn because no one travels to the festivals. All her city gates are deserted; her priests groan. Her virgins grieve; she is in Bitter anguish!
DARBY Translation: The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly: all her gates are desolate; her priests sigh, her virgins are in grief; and as for her, she is in Bitterness.
KJV Translation: The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she [is] in Bitterness.
Description: Lamentations 3:5
NET Translation: He has besieged and surrounded me with Bitter hardship.
DARBY Translation: He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil.
KJV Translation: He hath builded against me, and compassed [me] with gall and travail.
Description: Lamentations 3:15
NET Translation: He has given me my fill of Bitter herbs and made me drunk with Bitterness.
DARBY Translation: He hath sated me with Bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.
KJV Translation: He hath filled me with Bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
Description: Lamentations 3:19
NET Translation: ז (Zayin). Remember my impoverished and homeless condition, which is a Bitter poison.
DARBY Translation: Remember thou mine affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
KJV Translation: Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Keywords: Hand, Spirit
Description: Ezekiel 3:14
NET Translation: A wind lifted me up and carried me away. I went Bitterly, my spirit full of fury, and the hand of the Lord rested powerfully on me.
DARBY Translation: And the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in Bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.
KJV Translation: So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in Bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
Keywords: King, Son
Description: Ezekiel 21:6
NET Translation: “And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart and Bitterness; groan before their eyes.
DARBY Translation: Sigh then, thou son of man; with breaking of the loins, and with Bitterness sigh before their eyes.
KJV Translation: Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of [thy] loins; and with Bitterness sigh before their eyes.
Description: Ezekiel 27:30
NET Translation: They will lament loudly over you and cry Bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes;
DARBY Translation: and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry Bitterly; and they shall cast up dust upon their heads; they shall wallow themselves in ashes.
KJV Translation: And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry Bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
Keywords: Art, Heart
Description: Ezekiel 27:31
NET Translation: they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth, and they will weep Bitterly over you with intense mourning.
DARBY Translation: And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth; and they shall weep for thee in Bitterness of soul with Bitter mourning.
KJV Translation: And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with Bitterness of heart [and] Bitter wailing.
Keywords: Anger, Blood, Ephraim, Reproach
Description: Hosea 12:14
NET Translation: But Ephraim Bitterly provoked him to anger; so he will hold him accountable for the blood he has shed, his Lord will repay him for the contempt he has shown.
DARBY Translation: Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most Bitterly; and his Lord shall leave his blood upon him, and recompense unto him his reproach.
KJV Translation: Ephraim provoked [him] to anger most Bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
Keywords: Judgment
Description: Amos 5:7
NET Translation: The Israelites turn justice into Bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.
DARBY Translation: Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
KJV Translation: Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Keywords: Fruit, Judgment, Plow
Description: Amos 6:12
NET Translation: Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a Bitter plant.
DARBY Translation: Shall horses run upon the rock? will [men] plough [thereon] with oxen? For ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
KJV Translation: Shall horses run upon the rock? will [one] plow [there] with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
Keywords: Sackcloth
Description: Amos 8:10
NET Translation: I will turn your festivals into funerals and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a Bitter day.
DARBY Translation: And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only [son], and the end thereof as a Bitter day.
KJV Translation: And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only [son], and the end thereof as a Bitter day.
Description: Habakkuk 1:6
NET Translation: Look, I am about to empower the Babylonians, that ruthless and greedy nation. They sweep across the surface of the earth, seizing dwelling places that do not belong to them.
DARBY Translation: For behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that Bitter and impetuous nation, which marcheth through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.
KJV Translation: For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, [that] Bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces [that are] not theirs.
Keywords: Man
Description: Zephaniah 1:14
NET Translation: The Lord’s great day of judgment is almost here; it is approaching very rapidly! There will be a Bitter sound on the Lord’s day of judgment; at that time warriors will cry out in battle.
DARBY Translation: The great day of Jehovah is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly. The voice of the day of Jehovah: the mighty man shall cry there Bitterly.
KJV Translation: The great day of the LORD [is] near, [it is] near, and hasteth greatly, [even] the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there Bitterly.
Keywords: Bittern, Cedar, Cormorant, Sing
Description: Zephaniah 2:14
NET Translation: Flocks and herds will lie down in the middle of it, as well as every kind of wild animal. Owls will sleep in the tops of its support pillars; they will hoot through the windows. Rubble will cover the thresholds; even the cedar work will be exposed to the elements.
DARBY Translation: And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the crowd of beasts; both the pelican and the Bittern shall lodge in the chapiters thereof; a voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be on the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar work.
KJV Translation: And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the Bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; [their] voice shall sing in the windows; desolation [shall be] in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Keywords: Grace, Spirit
Description: Zechariah 12:10
NET Translation: “I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a Bitter cry for him like the Bitter cry for a firstborn.
DARBY Translation: And I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplications; and they shall look on me whom they pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for an only [son], and shall be in Bitterness for him, as one that is in Bitterness for [his] firstborn.
KJV Translation: And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for [his] only [son], and shall be in Bitterness for him, as one that is in Bitterness for [his] firstborn.
Keywords: Deny, Halt, Peter
Description: Matthew 26:75
NET Translation: Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept Bitterly.
DARBY Translation: And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, who had said [to him], Before [the] cock crow thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went forth without, and wept Bitterly.
KJV Translation: And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept Bitterly.
Keywords: Scribes
Description: Luke 11:53
NET Translation: When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him Bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things,
DARBY Translation: And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him urgently, and to make him speak of many things;
KJV Translation: And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
Keywords: Peter
Description: Luke 22:62
NET Translation: And he went outside and wept Bitterly.
DARBY Translation: And Peter, going forth without, wept Bitterly.
KJV Translation: And Peter went out, and wept Bitterly.
Keywords: Art
Description: Acts 8:23
NET Translation: For I see that you are Bitterly envious and in bondage to sin.”
DARBY Translation: for I see thee to be in the gall of Bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness.
KJV Translation: For I perceive that thou art in the gall of Bitterness, and [in] the bond of iniquity.
Keywords: Chamberlain, Rod, Tyre
Description: Acts 12:20
NET Translation: Now Herod was having an angry quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they joined together and presented themselves before him. And after convincing Blastus, the king’s personal assistant, to help them, they asked for peace, because their country’s food supply was provided by the king’s country.
DARBY Translation: And he was in Bitter hostility with [the] Tyrians and Sidonians; but they came to him with one accord, and, having gained Blastus the king's chamberlain, sought peace, because their country was nourished by the king's.
KJV Translation: And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's [country].
Keywords: Sing
Description: Romans 3:14
NET Translation: “Their mouths are full of cursing and Bitterness.”
DARBY Translation: whose mouth is full of cursing and Bitterness;
KJV Translation: Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and Bitterness:
Keywords: Evil
Description: Ephesians 4:31
NET Translation: You must put away all Bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and slanderous talk—indeed all malice.
DARBY Translation: Let all Bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;
KJV Translation: Let all Bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Keywords: Love
Description: Colossians 3:19
NET Translation: Husbands, love your wives and do not be emBittered against them.
DARBY Translation: Husbands, love your wives, and be not Bitter against them.
KJV Translation: Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not Bitter against them.
Keywords: Grace, King, Man, Trouble
Description: Hebrews 12:15
NET Translation: See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a Bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through it many become defiled.
DARBY Translation: watching lest [there be] any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of Bitterness springing up trouble [you], and many be defiled by it;
KJV Translation: Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of Bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled;
Keywords: Fountain
Description: James 3:11
NET Translation: A spring does not pour out fresh water and Bitter water from the same opening, does it?
DARBY Translation: Does the fountain, out of the same opening, pour forth sweet and Bitter?
KJV Translation: Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet [water] and Bitter?
Keywords: Glory, Strife
Description: James 3:14
NET Translation: But if you have Bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.
DARBY Translation: but if ye have Bitter emulation and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
KJV Translation: But if ye have Bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Keywords: Man
Description: Revelation 5:4
NET Translation: So I began weeping Bitterly because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.
DARBY Translation: And *I* wept much because no one had been found worthy to open the book nor to regard it.
KJV Translation: And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
Keywords: Art, Called, Name, Star
Description: Revelation 8:11
NET Translation: (Now the name of the star is Wormwood.) So a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from these waters because they were poisoned.
DARBY Translation: And the name of the star is called Wormwood; and the third part of the waters became wormwood, and many of the men died of the waters because they were made Bitter.
KJV Translation: And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made Bitter.
Description: Revelation 10:9
NET Translation: So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take the scroll and eat it. It will make your stomach Bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”
DARBY Translation: And I went to the angel, saying to him to give me the little book. And he says to me, Take and eat it up: and it shall make thy belly Bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey.
KJV Translation: And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take [it], and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly Bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
Keywords: Book
Description: Revelation 10:10
NET Translation: So I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it did taste as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach became Bitter.
DARBY Translation: And I took the little book out of the hand of the angel, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth as honey, sweet; and when I had eaten it my belly was made Bitter.
KJV Translation: And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was Bitter.