Hebrew word · H5999
עָמָל
'amal
trouble
Appears 55 times in 54 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.
Where it appears
Genesis · 1
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Genesis 41:51 עֲמָלִ֔י trouble my
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
Numbers · 1
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Numbers 23:21 עָמָ֖ל trouble
He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.
Deuteronomy · 1
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Deuteronomy 26:7 עֲמָלֵ֖נוּ toil our
So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.
Judges · 1
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Judges 10:16 בַּעֲמַ֥ל at [the] trouble of
So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
Job · 8
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Job 3:10 עָ֝מָ֗ל trouble
For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
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Job 4:8 עָמָ֣ל mischief
As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
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Job 5:6 עָמָֽל׃ trouble
For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
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Job 5:7 לְעָמָ֣ל to trouble
Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
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Job 7:3 עָ֝מָ֗ל trouble
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.
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Job 11:16 עָמָ֣ל trouble
For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
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Job 15:35 עָ֭מָל trouble
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
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Job 16:2 עָמָ֣ל trouble
“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
Psalms · 13
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Psalm 7:14 עָ֝מָ֗ל mischief
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
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Psalm 7:16 עֲמָל֣וֹ mischief his
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
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Psalm 10:7 עָמָ֥ל mischief
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
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Psalm 10:14 עָ֘מָ֤ל mischief
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
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Psalm 25:18 וַעֲמָלִ֑י and trouble my
Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
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Psalm 55:10 וְעָמָ֣ל and trouble
Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
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Psalm 73:5 בַּעֲמַ֣ל [are] in [the] trouble of
They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
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Psalm 73:16 עָמָ֖ל [was] trouble
When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
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Psalm 90:10 עָמָ֣ל [is] toil
The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
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Psalm 94:20 עָמָ֣ל mischief
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?
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Psalm 105:44 וַעֲמַ֖ל and [the] labor of
He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
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Psalm 107:12 בֶּעָמָ֣ל with <the> trouble
He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
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Psalm 140:9 עֲמַ֖ל [the] mischief of
May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
Proverbs · 2
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Proverbs 24:2 וְ֝עָמָ֗ל and trouble
for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
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Proverbs 31:7 וַ֝עֲמָל֗וֹ and trouble his
Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Ecclesiastes · 22
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Ecclesiastes 1:3 עֲמָל֔וֹ toil his
What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
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Ecclesiastes 2:10 עֲמָלִ֔י עֲמָלִֽי׃ toil my
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
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Ecclesiastes 2:11 וּבֶֽעָמָ֖ל and on the toil
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 2:18 עֲמָלִ֔י toil my
I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
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Ecclesiastes 2:19 עֲמָלִ֔י toil my
And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
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Ecclesiastes 2:20 הֶ֣עָמָ֔ל the toil
So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 2:21 שֶׁעֲמָל֛וֹ who toil his
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
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Ecclesiastes 2:22 עֲמָל֔וֹ toil his
For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
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Ecclesiastes 2:24 בַּעֲמָל֑וֹ in toil his
Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
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Ecclesiastes 3:13 עֲמָל֑וֹ toil his
and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
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Ecclesiastes 4:4 עָמָ֗ל [the] toil
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 4:6 עָמָ֖ל toil
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 4:8 עֲמָל֔וֹ toil his
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
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Ecclesiastes 4:9 בַּעֲמָלָֽם׃ for toil their
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
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Ecclesiastes 5:15 בַעֲמָל֔וֹ in toil his
As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
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Ecclesiastes 5:18 עֲמָל֣וֹ׀ toil his
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
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Ecclesiastes 5:19 בַּעֲמָל֑וֹ in toil his
Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
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Ecclesiastes 6:7 עֲמַ֥ל [the] toil of
All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
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Ecclesiastes 8:15 בַעֲמָל֗וֹ in toil his
So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 9:9 וּבַעֲמָ֣לְךָ֔ and in toil your
Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 10:15 עֲמַ֥ל [the] toil of
The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
Isaiah · 3
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Isaiah 10:1 עָמָ֖ל [who] trouble
Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
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Isaiah 53:11 מֵעֲמַ֤ל from [the] labor of
After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
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Isaiah 59:4 עָמָ֖ל mischief
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Jeremiah · 1
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Jeremiah 20:18 עָמָ֖ל trouble
Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?
Habakkuk · 2
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Habakkuk 1:3 וְעָמָ֣ל and mischief
Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.
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Habakkuk 1:13 עָמָ֖ל mischief
Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
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