Vexation
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Vexation

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Vexation (36 Occurrences)
... suit. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. VEX, VEXATION. veks ... etc. WL Walker.
Multi-Version Concordance Vexation (36 Occurrences). Deuteronomy ...
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Vex (20 Occurrences)
... to tease. 3. (vt) To twist; to weave. 4. (vi) To be irritated; to fret.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. VEX, VEXATION. veks, vek ...
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Grief (252 Occurrences)
... the same word is rendered "wrath" in 12:16, the King James Version "a fool's wrath,"
the Revised Version (British and American) "vexation"; so also Proverbs 27 ...
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Grieve (29 Occurrences)
... the same word is rendered "wrath" in 12:16, the King James Version "a fool's wrath,"
the Revised Version (British and American) "vexation"; so also Proverbs 27 ...
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Laboured (34 Occurrences)
... 2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour
that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit ...
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Trouble (477 Occurrences)
... 4. (a.) Troubled; dark; gloomy. 5. (n.) The state of being troubled;
disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity. 6. (vt ...
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Mischief (64 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused
by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity ...
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Chafe (1 Occurrence)
... 6. (vi) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. 7.
(n.) Heat excited by friction. ... 9. (n.) Vexation; irritation of mind; rage. ...
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Travail (54 Occurrences)
... This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. ... Ecclesiastes 4:6 Better is an handful
with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. ...
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Preacher (27 Occurrences)
... This is equally the meaning of the text, whether we translate "vanity and vexation
of spirit" or "vanity and a striving after wind," ("emptiness, and ...
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Labour (119 Occurrences)
... 2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour
that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit ...
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Ecclesiastes (1 Occurrence)
... This is equally the meaning of the text, whether we translate "vanity and vexation
of spirit" or "vanity and a striving after wind," ("emptiness, and ...
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Vexations (3 Occurrences)

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Nought (104 Occurrences)
... nought" (1 Corinthians 1:19) for "bring to nothing" (the English Revised Version
"reject"); "nought but terror" (Isaiah 28:19) for "a vexation only"; "brought ...
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Undertakest (1 Occurrence)
... Deuteronomy 28:20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in
all that thou undertakest to perform, until thou shalt be destroyed, and ...
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Grievously (17 Occurrences)
... (WBS). Isaiah 9:1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation,
when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of ...
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Worry (14 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety;
vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Wretched (14 Occurrences)
... ones. (DBY). Psalms 10:14 Thou hast seen it, for thou thyself beholdest
trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched ...
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Irritation (2 Occurrences)
... down; (WEY). Ecclesiastes 5:17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and
hath much vexation, and sickness, and irritation. (DBY). ...
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Fret (9 Occurrences)
... leprosy," the Revised Version (British and American) "it is a fret." Revised Version
has "fretful" for "angry" (Proverbs 21:19), margin "vexation." WL Walker. ...
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Fretful (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Anxious; ill-humored; peevish; in a state of vexation;
as, a fretful temper. Multi-Version Concordance Fretful (1 Occurrence). ...
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Fleeting (9 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Ecclesiastes 11:10 Therefore remove vexation from thy heart, and put
away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity. (See NAS). ...
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Fretting (6 Occurrences)
... leprosy," the Revised Version (British and American) "it is a fret." Revised Version
has "fretful" for "angry" (Proverbs 21:19), margin "vexation." WL Walker. ...
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Tranquillity (2 Occurrences)
... Tranquillity (2 Occurrences). Ecclesiastes 4:6 Better is an handful with quietness,
than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. (See NIV). ...
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Torment (19 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body
or mind. 3. (n.) That which gives pain, vexation, or misery. ...
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Tribulation (43 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation;
severe affliction. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. TRIBULATION. ...
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Envied (8 Occurrences)
... this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation
of spirit. (KJV ASV WBS). Ezekiel 31:9 I made it beautiful ...
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Disease (213 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation;
disquiet. 2. (n.) An alteration in the state of the ...
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Dimness (2 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 9:1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when
at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of ...
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Devil (58 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. 4. (n.) An expletive of
surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation. ...
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Mortify (2 Occurrences)
... subjection; to abase; to humble. 4. (vt) To affect with vexation, chagrin, or
humiliation; to humble; to depress. 5. (vi) To lose vitality ...
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Provoking (29 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Provoke. 2. (a.) Having the power or quality of exciting resentment;
tending to awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or treatment. ...
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Plague (142 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow;
a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation. ...
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Painful (18 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Ecclesiastes 2:23 For all his days are pains, and his occupation vexation;
yea, even in the night his heart taketh not rest. This also is vanity. ...
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Bitterness (37 Occurrences)
... in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity;
keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind. ...
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Conceals (8 Occurrences)
... a matter. (See NAS). Proverbs 12:16 A fool's vexation is presently known;
but a prudent man concealeth shame. (See NAS). Proverbs ...
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Concealeth (7 Occurrences)
... matter. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). Proverbs 12:16 A fool's vexation is presently
known; But a prudent man concealeth shame. (ASV JPS). ...
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Anger (387 Occurrences)
... Psalm 7:11). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) Trouble; vexation; also,
physical pain or smart of a sore, etc. 2. (n.) A strong ...
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Annoyance (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed;
molestation; vexation; annoy. 2. (n.) That which annoys. ...
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Spite (28 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Vexation; chagrin; mortification. 3. (vt) To be angry at; to hate.
4. (vt) To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart. ...
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Settest (13 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 28:20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in
all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and ...
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Undertake (16 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 28:20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in
all that thou undertakest to perform, until thou shalt be destroyed, and ...
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Commits (39 Occurrences)
... Psalms 10:14 Thou hast seen; for Thou beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite
them with Thy hand; unto Thee the helpless committeth himself; Thou hast been ...
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Labored (35 Occurrences)
... (WEB ASV WBS NAS). Ecclesiastes 2:22 For what hath man of all his labor, and of
the vexation of his heart, in which he hath labored under the sun? (WBS). ...
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Lightly (31 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Isaiah 9:1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation,
when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of ...
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Whereby (46 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 28:20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in
all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and ...
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Vexed (37 Occurrences)
... and wrath. (ASV). Ecclesiastes 7:9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed;
for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools. (DBY). Isaiah ...
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Advantage (44 Occurrences)
... 11 and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour
that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole 'is' vanity and vexation of spirit ...
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Plea (35 Occurrences)
... thou dost not pray for this people, Nor dost thou lift up for them cry and prayer,
For I do not hearken in the time of their calling unto Me for their vexation...
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Joyfully (37 Occurrences)
... (See JPS RSV). Isaiah 65:14 Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart, but
ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit. ...
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Altogether (56 Occurrences)
... this? (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). Job 6:2 Oh that my vexation were but weighed,
And all my calamity laid in the balances! (See JPS). Job ...
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Benefit (39 Occurrences)
... a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this 'is' vanity and vexation
of spirit. (YLT). Ecclesiastes 5:11 In the multiplying of ...
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Increasing (61 Occurrences)
... need. (BBE). Ecclesiastes 1:18 For in much wisdom is much vexation; and
he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. (See NAS). ...
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Maidservant (73 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 1:16 Count not thy handmaid for a wicked woman: for out of the abundance
of my complaint and my vexation have I spoken hitherto.' (See NAS RSV). ...
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Afflict (55 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 9:1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when
at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of ...
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Toil (66 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Ecclesiastes 4:6 Better is a handful with quietness, than both the
hands full with toil and vexation of spirit. (WBS RSV NIV). ...
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Latter (91 Occurrences)
... also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation
of spirit. (YLT). Ecclesiastes 7:8 Better 'is' the latter ...
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Desolation (131 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 29:8 Therefore the wrath of Jehovah has been upon Judah and Jerusalem,
and he has delivered them to vexation, to desolation, and to hissing, as ye ...
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Considered (80 Occurrences)
... a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
(KJV JPS WBS). Ecclesiastes 4:15 I considered all the ...
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Sad (73 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Ecclesiastes 2:17 And I have hated life, for sad to me 'is' the work that
hath been done under the sun, for the whole 'is' vanity and vexation of spirit. ...
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Wickedness (232 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 28:20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in
all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and ...
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Grievous (73 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 9:1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when
at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of ...
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Gracious (106 Occurrences)
... (DBY JPS NAS RSV). Psalms 31:9 Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble:
mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly. (DBY JPS NAS RSV). ...
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Beheld (95 Occurrences)
... Psalms 10:14 Thou hast seen; for Thou beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite
them with Thy hand; unto Thee the helpless committeth himself; Thou hast been ...
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Gladness (83 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 65:14 behold, my servants shall sing aloud for gladness of heart, and ye
shall cry out for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. ...
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Deliverance (86 Occurrences)
... have gone, And they have cried unto the gods, To whom they are making perfume, And
they give no deliverance at all to them, In the time of their vexation. ...
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Howl (29 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 65:14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for
sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. (KJV DBY WBS YLT). ...
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Perform (155 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 28:20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in
all that thou undertakest to perform, until thou shalt be destroyed, and ...
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Afterward (113 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 9:1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when
at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of ...
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Heavy (110 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 65:14 Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for
sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit. (See NAS). ...
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