Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
Holman Bible
Then they sat on the ground with him seven days and nights,
International Standard Version
and sat with Job on the ground for a full week without saying a word, since they could see the great extent of his anguish.
A Conservative Version
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights. And none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
American Standard Version
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
Amplified
So they sat down on the ground with Job for seven days and seven nights and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
Bible in Basic English
And they took their seats on the earth by his side for seven days and seven nights: but no one said a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
Darby Translation
And they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights; and none spoke a word to him; for they saw that his anguish was very great.
Julia Smith Translation
And they sat with him upon, the earth seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word to him: for they saw that grief was great exceedingly.
King James 2000
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then they sat with him on the ground [for] seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that {his} suffering was very great.
Modern King James verseion
And they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights. And no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They sat them down by him also upon the ground seven days and seven nights. Neither was there any of them that spake one word unto him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
New Heart English Bible
So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
The Emphasized Bible
And they sat with him upon the ground, seven days and seven nights, - and none was speaking unto him a word, for they saw that, exceeding great, was the stinging pain.
Webster
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
World English Bible
So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.
Themes
Friendship » Instances of » Job and his three "friends,"
Job » A man who lived in uz » Visited by eliphaz, bildad, and zophar as comforters
Seven » Days » The sympathy for job by eliphaz, bildad, and zophar for
Topics
Interlinear
Yashab
'erets
Sheba`
Yowm
Sheba`
Layil
Dabar
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 2:13
Images Job 2:13
Prayers for Job 2:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Blameless Behavior
12 But when they gazed intently from a distance but did not recognize him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads. 13 Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
Cross References
Genesis 50:10
When they came to the threshing floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there with very great and bitter sorrow. There Joseph observed a seven day period of mourning for his father.
Ezekiel 3:15
I came to the exiles at Tel Abib, who lived by the Kebar River. I sat dumbfounded among them there, where they were living, for seven days.
Genesis 1:5
God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.
Genesis 1:8
God called the expanse "sky." There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
Ezra 9:3
When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and my robe and ripped out some of the hair from my head and beard. Then I sat down, quite devastated.
Nehemiah 1:4
When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
Job 4:2
"If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?
Psalm 77:4
You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not speak.
Isaiah 3:26
Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.
Isaiah 47:1
"Fall down! Sit in the dirt, O virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.