Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
The 1611 reading
Then saith he vnto them, My soule is exceeding sorrowfull, euen vnto death: tary ye heere, & watch with me.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Filled with, expressing, or causing grief, sadness, heaviness, pain, regret, distress, or anguish.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 1 Samuel 1:15
Complete exact-word concordance
Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
Then saith he vnto them, My soule is exceeding sorrowfull, euen vnto death: tary ye heere, & watch with me.
And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?
And they began to be sorowfull, and to say vnto him, one by one, Is it I? And another said, Is it I?
And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
And saith vnto them, My soule is exceeding sorowful vnto death: tarie ye here, and watch.
And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
And when he heard this, he was very sorowfull, for he was very rich.
And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
And when Iesus saw that hee was very sorrowfull, he said, How hardly shal they that haue riches, enter into the kingdome of God?
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
Uerily, verily I say vnto you, that ye shall weepe and lament, but the world shall reioyce: And ye shall be sorrowfull, but your sorrow shall be turned into ioy.
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
As sorrowfull, yet alway reioycing: as poore, yet making many rich: as hauing nothing, and yet possessing all things.
I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
I sent him therefore the more carefully, that when ye see him againe, ye may reioyce, and that I may bee the lesse sorrowfull.
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Full of or affected with sorrow; sad; causing or expressive of grief.