1.3 KiB
1.3 KiB
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, troubles are often 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 nations that were immoral and rejected God.
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."
- 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."
- The idiom "make trouble" or "bring trouble" could possibly be translated as, "cause distressing things to happen" or "cause difficulties" or "make them experience very difficult things."