Topic
Ail
9 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 21:17ISBE
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
- Judges 18:23ISBE
And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
- 1 Samuel 11:5ISBE
And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
- 2 Samuel 14:5ISBE
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
- 2 Kings 6:28ISBE
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
- Psalms 114:5ISBE
What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
- Isaiah 22:1ISBE
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
- 2 Esdras 9:42ISBE
And I said unto her, What aileth thee? tell me.
- 2 Esdras 10:31ISBE
What aileth thee? and why art thou so disquieted? and why is thine understanding troubled, and the thoughts of thine heart?
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 9 references
al (Anglo-Saxon: eglan, "to pain"): As a verb translation, is "to trouble," "afflict" (obsolete); intrans, "to feel pain, trouble, uneasiness," etc.; it represents Hebrew mah lekha "what to thee" (Ge 21:17, "What aileth thee, Hagar?"; Jud 18:23; 1Sa 11:5; 2Sa 14:5; 2Ki 6:28; Isa 22:1); in Ps 114:5, it is figuratively or poetically applied to the sea, the river Jordan, etc.: "What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest?" etc.; the Revised Version (British and American), "What aileth thee, O thou sea that thou fleest?" etc.; in 2 Esdras 9:42; 10:31, "What aileth thee?"
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.