Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So Jacob
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
Bible in Basic English
Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.
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,
Themes
Bereavement » Instances of » Jacob, of joseph
Bible stories for children » The boy captive who became prime minister
Bible stories for children » The beautiful coat
The Dead » Mourning for, often » Lasted many days
The Dead » Mourning for, often » Testified by rending the garments
Ishmaelites » Merchants of, buy joseph
jacob » His grief over the loss of joseph
Joseph » Son of jacob » Is falsely reported to his father as killed by wild beasts
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 37:34
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joseph Sold Into Slavery
33
And he knew it and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
34 So Jacob
Names
Cross References
Genesis 37:29
And Reuben returned unto the cistern; and, behold, Joseph was not inside, and he rent his clothes.
2 Samuel 3:31
Then David said to Joab and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes and gird yourselves with sackcloth and mourn before Abner. And King David himself followed the bier.
Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua rent his clothes and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, putting dust upon their heads.
2 Samuel 1:11
Then David took hold on his clothes and rent them and likewise all the men that were with him.
1 Kings 20:31
Then his slaves said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings; let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins and ropes upon our heads and go out to the king of Israel; peradventure he will give thee thy life.
1 Kings 21:27
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh and fasted and slept in sackcloth and went softly.
2 Kings 19:1
And when King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 21:16
And David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the heaven and the earth, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
Ezra 9:3-5
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle and plucked off of the hair of my head and of my beard and sat down astonied.
Nehemiah 9:1
Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month, the sons of Israel were assembled with fasting and with sackcloth and earth upon them.
Esther 4:1-3
When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes and went out into the midst of the city and cried with a loud and a bitter cry
Job 1:20
Then Job arose and rent his mantle and shaved his head and fell down upon the ground and worshipped
Job 2:12
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off and knew him not, they lifted up their voice and wept; and each one rent his mantle and sprinkled dust upon his head toward heaven.
Psalm 69:11
I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a proverb to them.
Isaiah 22:12-13
Therefore the Lord GOD of the hosts did call in this day unto weeping and to mourning and to baldness and to girding with sackcloth:
Isaiah 32:11
Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make yourselves bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
Isaiah 36:22-2
Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe and Joah, the son of Asaph, the writer of chronicles, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
Jeremiah 36:24
Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his slaves that heard all these words.
Joel 2:13
and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and great in mercy, and he does repent of chastisement.
Jonah 3:5-8
So the people of Nineveh believed God and proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
Matthew 11:21
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Matthew 26:65
Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He has spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
Acts 14:14
Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they rent their clothes and ran in among the people, crying out
Revelation 11:3
And I will give my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.