Strong's Concordance
Original word: מֵצַר
Transliteration: metsar
Definition (short): distress
Definition (full): something tight, trouble
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from tsarar
Definition: straits, distress
NASB Translation: distress (2), terrors (1).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries.
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References
KJV:
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
NASB:
The cords of death encompassed me And the terrors of Sheol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.
KJV:
I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
NASB:
From my distress I called upon the LORD; The LORD answered me and set me in a large place.
KJV:
Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
NASB:
Judah has gone into exile under affliction And under harsh servitude; She dwells among the nations, But she has found no rest; All her pursuers have overtaken her In the midst of distress.