For a double grief took hold on them, And a groaning at the remembrance of things past.
They groaned on account of their punishment and on account of the memory of the things that they had done.
For whether absent or present, they were tortured alike.
For whether absent or present, they were tormented alike.
Their sorrow was doubled; they groaned as they looked back on what had happened.
for a double grief seized them, and a groaning at the memory of things past.
In fact, they suffered at the time of these disasters and again whenever they remembered what had happened.