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 kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me.

So the two of themWhen they entered Bethlehem, the whole village was excited about their arrival. The women of the village said, "Can this be Naomi?"

(Zayin) Her consecrated ones were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies more ruddy than corals, their hair like lapis lazuli.

Their voice

When Esau heard his father's words, he wailed loudly and bitterly. He said to his father, "Bless me too, my father!"

When the Lord's messenger finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.

When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived) and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly.

Then David and the men who were with him wept loudly until they could weep no more.

Just as he finished speaking, the king's sons arrived, wailing and weeping. The king and all his servants wept loudly as well.

Now when Mordecai became aware of all that had been done, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth and ashes. He went out into the city, crying out in a loud and bitter voice.

They rent

Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.

Sprinkled dust upon

On the twenty-fourth day of this same month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting and wearing sackcloth, their heads covered with dust.

(Yod) The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dirt on their heads; They have dressed in sackcloth. Jerusalem's young women stare down at the ground.

They will lament loudly over you and cry bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes;

And they threw dust on their heads and were shouting with weeping and mourning, "Woe, Woe, O great city -- in which all those who had ships on the sea got rich from her wealth -- because in a single hour she has been destroyed!"

General references

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