The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot [at him], and hated him:
The archers {H1167}{H2671} have sorely grieved him {H4843}, and shot {H7232} at him, and hated him {H7852}:
The archers attacked him fiercely, shooting at him and pressing him hard;
The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecuted him:
Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.
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Genesis 37:24
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit [was] empty, [there was] no water in it. -
Psalms 64:3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words: -
Genesis 37:28
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty [pieces] of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. -
Genesis 42:21
¶ And they said one to another, We [are] verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. -
John 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. -
Genesis 37:18
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. -
Genesis 37:4
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.