Amal עָמָל

Amal (Hebrew עָמָל, Strong's H5999) is a Hebrew noun meaning “trouble”. It occurs 55 times in 54 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Amal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 41:51
  And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”

Numbers

• Numbers 23:21
  He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 26:7
  And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.

Judges

• Judges 10:16
  And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.

Job

• Job 3:10
  Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
• Job 4:8
  Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
• Job 5:6
  Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
• Job 5:7
  Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
• Job 7:3
  So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
• Job 11:16
  Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
• Job 15:35
  They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
• Job 16:2
  I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.

Psalms

• Psalm 7:14
  Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
• Psalm 7:16
  His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
• Psalm 10:7
  His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
• Psalm 10:14
  Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
• Psalm 25:18
  Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
• Psalm 55:10
  Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
• Psalm 73:5
  They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
• Psalm 73:16
  When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
• Psalm 90:10
  The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
• Psalm 94:20
  Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
• Psalm 105:44
  And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
• Psalm 107:12
  Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
• Psalm 140:9
  As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 24:2
  For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
• Proverbs 31:7
  Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 1:3
  What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
• Ecclesiastes 2:10
  And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
• Ecclesiastes 2:11
  Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
• Ecclesiastes 2:18
  Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
• Ecclesiastes 2:19
  And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
• Ecclesiastes 2:20
  Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
• Ecclesiastes 2:21
  For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
• Ecclesiastes 2:22
  For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
• Ecclesiastes 2:24
  There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
• Ecclesiastes 3:13
  And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
• Ecclesiastes 4:4
  Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
• Ecclesiastes 4:6
  Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
• Ecclesiastes 4:8
  There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
• Ecclesiastes 4:9
  Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
• Ecclesiastes 5:15
  As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
• Ecclesiastes 5:18
  Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
• Ecclesiastes 5:19
  Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
• Ecclesiastes 6:7
  All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
• Ecclesiastes 8:15
  Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
• Ecclesiastes 9:9
  Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
• Ecclesiastes 10:15
  The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 10:1
  Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
• Isaiah 53:11
  He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
• Isaiah 59:4
  None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 20:18
  Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 1:3
  Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.
• Habakkuk 1:13
  Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).