King James Version
Romans 9:2 in the King James Version says “That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.” — study this verse from Romans chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.”
Romans 9:2 · KJV
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: accursed: or, separated
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; covenants: or, testaments
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“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“heart”
G2588the heart, i.e., (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
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