Job 2:12

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Summary

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

Knew him

Job 19:14

Ruth 1:19

Lamentations 4:7

Their voice

They rent

Job 1:20

Sprinkled dust upon

General references

Genesis 37:34

Bible References

Knew him

My relations and my near friends have given me up, and those living in my house have put me out of their minds.

So the two of them went on till they came to Beth-lehem. And when they came to Beth-lehem all the town was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

Her holy ones were cleaner than snow, they were whiter than milk, their bodies were redder than corals, their form was as the sapphire:

Their voice

And hearing the words of his father, Esau gave a great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Give a blessing to me, even to me, O my father!

Now on hearing these words which the angel of the Lord said to all the children of Israel, the people gave themselves up to loud crying and weeping.

So they sent representatives to Saul's town Gibeah, and these gave the news to the people: and all the people gave themselves to weeping.

Then David and the people who were with him gave themselves up to weeping till they were able to go on weeping no longer.

And while he was talking, the king's sons came, with weeping and loud cries: and the king and all his servants were weeping bitterly.

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.

They rent

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,

Sprinkled dust upon

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.

The responsible men of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth without a word; they have put dust on their heads, they are clothed in haircloth: the heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are bent down to the earth.

And their voices will be sounding over you, and crying bitterly they will put dust on their heads, rolling themselves in the dust:

And they put dust on their heads, and were sad, weeping and crying, and saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, in which was increased the wealth of all who had their ships on the sea because of her great stores! for in one hour she is made waste.

General references

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