Topic
Vex, Vexation
14 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 2:9ISBE
And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
- Deuteronomy 2:19ISBE
And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
- Deuteronomy 28:20ISBE
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 until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
- Nehemiah 9:27ISBE
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out…
- Psalms 2:5ISBE
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
- Psalms 6:2ISBE
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
- Psalms 6:3ISBE
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
- Psalms 6:10ISBE
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
- Proverbs 26:17ISBE
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
- Isaiah 9:1ISBE
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 Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the…
- Isaiah 11:13ISBE
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
- Isaiah 28:19ISBE
From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
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- Matthew 17:15 ISBE
- Acts 12:1 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 14 references
veks, vek-sa'-shun: "Vex," meaning originally to shake or toss in carrying, has a much more intensive meaning in Scripture than in common modern usage. It represents over a score of Hebrew and Greek words, most of them translated by this word only once, and many of them changed in the Revised Version (British and American) into other forms. Thus bahel in Ps 6:2,3,10. is in the American Standard Revised Version "troubled" (in Ps 2:5, the Revised Version margin. "trouble"); tsarar in Ne 9:27 is in the Revised Version (British and American) "distressed";. pascho in Mt 17:15 is "suffereth grievously"; kakoo in Ac 12:1 is "afflict," etc. So "vexation only" in Isa 28:19 is in the Revised Version (British and American) "nought but terror," and there are other changes of this word (compare De 28:20, "discomfiture"; Isa 9:1, "in anguish"). On the other hand, the Revised Version (British and American) has "vex" for "distress" (De 2:9,19); "they that vex" for "the adversaries of" (Isa 11:13); "vexeth himself" for "meddleth" (Pr 26:17), etc.
W. L. Walker
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.