Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.

New American Standard Bible

So Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

King James Version

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Holman Bible

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

International Standard Version

So Jacob tore his clothes, dressed himself in sackcloth, and then mourned many days for his son.

A Conservative Version

And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

American Standard Version

And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Amplified

So Jacob tore his clothes [in grief], put on sackcloth and mourned many days for his son.

Darby Translation

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Julia Smith Translation

And Jacob will rend his garments, and will put sackcloth upon his loins, and will mourn for his son many days.

King James 2000

And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

Modern King James verseion

And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth about his loins, and sorrowed for his son a long season.

NET Bible

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.

New Heart English Bible

Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

The Emphasized Bible

And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, - and mourned over his son many days.

Webster

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

World English Bible

Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

Youngs Literal Translation

And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Jacob
יעקב 
Ya`aqob 
Usage: 349

קרע 
Qara` 
Usage: 63

שׂמלה 
Simlah 
Usage: 29

and put
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

שׂק 
Saq 
Usage: 48

מתן 
Mothen 
Usage: 47

and mourned
H56
אבל 
'abal 
Usage: 39

רב 
Rab 
Usage: 458

References

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Context Readings

Joseph Sold Into Slavery

33 And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end. 34 Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day. 35 And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.



Cross References

Genesis 37:29

Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,

2 Samuel 3:31

And David said to Joab and all the people who were with him, Go in grief and put haircloth about you, in sorrow for Abner. And King David went after the dead body.

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua, in great grief, went down on the earth before the ark of the Lord till the evening, and all the chiefs of Israel with him, and they put dust on their heads.

2 Samuel 1:11

Then David gave way to bitter grief, and so did all the men who were with him:

1 Kings 20:31

Then his servants said to him, It is said that the kings of Israel are full of mercy: let us then put on haircloth, and cords on our heads, and go to the king of Israel; it may be that he will give you your life.

1 Kings 21:27

Hearing these words, Ahab, in great grief, put haircloth on his flesh and went without food, sleeping in haircloth, and going about quietly.

2 Kings 19:1

And on hearing it, King Hezekiah took off his robe, and put on haircloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 21:16

And David, lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord there between earth and heaven, with an uncovered sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the responsible men, clothed in haircloth, went down on their faces.

Ezra 9:3-5

And hearing this, with signs of grief and pulling out the hair of my head and my chin, I took my seat on the earth deeply troubled.

Nehemiah 9:1

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel came together, taking no food and putting haircloth and dust on their bodies.

Esther 4:1-3

Now when Mordecai saw what was done, pulling off his robe, he put on haircloth, with dust on his head, and went out into the middle of the town, crying out with a loud and bitter cry.

Job 1:20

Then Job got up, and after parting his clothing and cutting off his hair, he went down on his face to the earth, and gave worship, and said,

Job 2:12

And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.

Psalm 69:11

When I put on the clothing of grief, they said evil of me.

Isaiah 22:12-13

And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:

Isaiah 32:11

Be shaking with fear, you women who are living in comfort; be troubled, you who have no fear of danger: take off your robes and put on clothing of grief.

Isaiah 36:22-2

Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothing parted as a sign of grief, and gave him an account of what the Rab-shakeh had said.

Jeremiah 36:24

But they had no fear and gave no signs of grief, not the king or any of his servants, after hearing all these words.

Joel 2:13

Let your hearts be broken, and not your clothing, and come back to the Lord your God: for he is full of grace and pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, ready to be turned from his purpose of punishment.

Jonah 3:5-8

And the people of Nineveh had belief in God; and a time was fixed for going without food, and they put on haircloth, from the greatest to the least.

Matthew 11:21

Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you, Beth-saida! For if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have been turned from their sins in days gone by, clothing themselves in haircloth and putting dust on their heads.

Matthew 26:65

Then the high priest, violently parting his robes, said, He has said evil against God: what more need have we of witnesses? for now his words against God have come to your ears:

Acts 14:14

But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,

Revelation 11:3

And I will give orders to my two witnesses, and they will be prophets for a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed with haircloth.

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