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The term “afflict” means to cause someone distress or suffering. An “affliction” is the disease, emotional grief, or other disaster that results from this.
* God afflicted his people with sickness or other hardships in order to cause them to repent of their sins and turn back to him.
* Sometimes God afflicted his people with sickness or other hardships with the intention for them to repent of their sins and turn back to him.
* God caused afflictions or plagues to come on the people of Egypt because their king refused to obey God.
* To “be afflicted with” means to be suffering some kind of distress, such as a disease, persecution, or emotional grief.
* To “be afflicted with” means to suffer from some kind of distress, such as a disease, persecution, or emotional grief.
## Translation Suggestions:
* To afflict someone could be translated as “cause someone to experience troubles” or “cause someone to suffer” or “cause suffering to come.”
* In certain contexts “afflict” could be translated as “happen to” or “come to” or “bring suffering.”
* To "afflict" someone could be translated as “cause someone to experience troubles” or “cause someone to suffer” or “cause suffering to come.”
* A phrase like “afflict someone with leprosy” could be translated as “cause someone to be sick with leprosy.”
* When a disease or disaster is sent to “afflict” people or animals, this could be translated as “cause suffering to.”
* Depending on the context, the term “affliction” could be translated as “calamity” or “sickness” or “suffering” or “great distress.”