Job 2:13

Bible in Basic English 1965

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.

Cross References

Genesis 1:5

Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

Genesis 1:8

And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

Genesis 50:10

And they came to the grain-floor of Atad on the other side of Jordan, and there they gave the last honours to Jacob, with great and bitter sorrow, weeping for their father for seven days.

Ezra 9:3

And hearing this, with signs of grief and pulling out the hair of my head and my chin, I took my seat on the earth deeply troubled.

Nehemiah 1:4

Then, after hearing these words, for some days I gave myself up to weeping and sorrow, seated on the earth; and taking no food I made prayer to the God of heaven,

Job 3:1

Then, opening his mouth, and cursing the day of his birth,

Job 4:2

If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind?

Psalm 77:4

You keep my eyes from sleep; I am so troubled that no words come.

Isaiah 3:26

And in the public places of her towns will be sorrow and weeping; and she will be seated on the earth, waste and uncovered.

Isaiah 47:1

Come and take your seat in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; come down from your seat of power, and take your place on the earth, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will never again seem soft and delicate.

Lamentations 2:10

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.

Ezekiel 3:15

Then I came to those who had been taken away as prisoners, who were at Telabib by the river Chebar, and I was seated among them full of wonder for seven days.