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trouble, troubles, troubled
Definition:
The term "trouble" refers to experiences in life that are very difficult and distressing. To be "troubled" means to feel upset or distressed about something.
- Troubles can be physical, emotional, or spiritual things that hurt a person.
- In the Bible, often troubles are times of testing that God uses to help believers mature and grow in their faith.
- The Old Testament use of "trouble" also referred to judgment that came on people groups who were immoral and rejected God.
- The action, "to trouble" someone means "to bother" that person or to cause him distress.
Translation Suggestions
- The term "trouble" or "troubles" could also be translated as, "danger" or "painful things that happen" or "persecution" or "difficult experiences" or "distress."
- The term "troubled" could be translated with a word or phrase that means, "undergoing distress" or "feeling terrible distress" or "worried" or "anxious" or "distressed" or "terrified" or "disturbed."
- "Don't trouble her" could also be translated as, "don't bother her" or "don't criticize her."
- The phrase "day of trouble" or "times of trouble" could also be translated as, "when you experience distress" or " when difficult things happen to you" or "when God causes distressing things to happen."
- Ways to translate "make trouble" or "bring trouble" could include, "cause distressing things to happen" or "cause difficulties" or "make them experience very difficult things."
(See also: afflict · persecute)