The word in Scripture

Groaning in the Bible

The word groaning appears 9 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Groaning is the wordless cry of the suffering that God hears. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What groaning means in the Bible

Groaning is the wordless cry of the suffering that God hears.

Where the word groaning appears

Here are 7 of the passages where the word groaning appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.”Exodus 2:24

“And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.”Exodus 6:5

“Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.”Job 23:2

“I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.”Psalms 6:6

“Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.”Psalms 38:9

“Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.”John 11:38

“I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.”Acts 7:34