5 occurrences in 12 translations

'Sit' in the Bible

How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

Verse ConceptsLamentingQueensFilling PlacesWidowsEmpty CitiesGreat ThingsLuciferlonliness

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersDust, Figurative UseBowingHeadsSackcloth And AshesSprinklingClothing OneselfBowing Heads Before GodSitting In DejectionDust On The HeadIndividuals Being Silent

When they sit and when they rise, look,I am mocked by their songs.

Verse ConceptsHabitual Getting UpFun

Bible Theasaurus

Crouch (8 instances)
Kneel (21 instances)
Model (15 instances)
Pose (1 instance)
Posture (1 instance)

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