Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days,
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.
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 discerneth it, and saith, 'My son's coat! an evil beast hath devoured him; torn -- torn is Joseph!' 34 And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days, 35 and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, 'For -- I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,' and his father weepeth for him.
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Cross References
Genesis 37:29
And Reuben returneth unto the pit, and lo, Joseph is not in the pit, and he rendeth his garments,
2 Samuel 3:31
And David saith unto Joab, and unto all the people who are with him, 'Rend your garments, and gird on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner;' and king David is going after the bier.
Joshua 7:6
And Joshua rendeth his garments, and falleth on his face to the earth before the ark of Jehovah till the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they cause dust to go up on their head.
2 Samuel 1:11
And David taketh hold on his garments, and rendeth them, and also all the men who are with him,
1 Kings 20:31
And his servants say unto him, 'Lo, we pray thee, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel -- that they are kind kings; let us put, we pray thee, sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and we go out unto the king of Israel; it may be he doth keep thee alive.'
1 Kings 21:27
And it cometh to pass, at Ahab's hearing these words, that he rendeth his garments, and putteth sackcloth on his flesh, and fasteth, and lieth in sackcloth, and goeth gently.
2 Kings 19:1
And it cometh to pass, at king Hezekiah's hearing, that he rendeth his garments, and covereth himself with sackcloth, and entereth the house of Jehovah,
1 Chronicles 21:16
and David lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the messenger of Jehovah standing between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem, and David falleth, and the elders, covered with sackcloth, on their faces.
Ezra 9:3-5
And at my hearing this word, I have rent my garment and my upper robe, and pluck out of the hair of my head, and of my beard, and sit astonished,
Nehemiah 9:1
And in the twenty and fourth day of this month have the sons of Israel been gathered, with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them;
Esther 4:1-3
And Mordecai hath known all that hath been done, and Mordecai rendeth his garments, and putteth on sackcloth and ashes, and goeth forth into the midst of the city and crieth -- a cry loud and bitter,
Job 1:20
And Job riseth, and rendeth his robe, and shaveth his head, and falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance,
Job 2:12
and they lift up their eyes from afar and have not discerned him, and they lift up their voice and weep, and rend each his robe, and sprinkle dust on their heads -- heavenward.
Psalm 69:11
And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile.
Isaiah 22:12-13
And call doth the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, In that day, to weeping and to lamentation, And to baldness and to girding on of sackcloth,
Isaiah 32:11
Tremble ye women, ye easy ones, Be troubled, ye confident ones, Strip and make bare, with a girdle on the loins,
Isaiah 36:22-2
And Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who is over the house, cometh in, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer, unto Hezekiah with rent garments, and they declare to him the words of Rabshakeh.
Jeremiah 36:24
And the king and all his servants who are hearing all these words have not been afraid, nor rent their garments.
Joel 2:13
And rend your heart, and not your garments, And turn back unto Jehovah your God, For gracious and merciful is He, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, And He hath repented concerning the evil.
Jonah 3:5-8
And the men of Nineveh believe in God, and proclaim a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even unto their least,
Matthew 11:21
'Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! because, if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago in sackcloth and ashes they had reformed;
Matthew 26:65
Then the chief priest rent his garments, saying, -- 'He hath spoken evil; what need have we yet of witnesses? lo, now ye heard his evil speaking;
Acts 14:14
and having heard, the apostles Barnabas and Paul, having rent their garments, did spring into the multitude, crying
Revelation 11:3
and I will give to My two witnesses, and they shall prophesy days, a thousand, two hundred, sixty, arrayed with sackcloth;