Job 2:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When they came near enough to see Job, they could hardly recognize him. And in their great sorrow, they tore their clothes, then sprinkled dust on their heads and cried bitterly.

Cross References

Genesis 27:34

Esau cried loudly and begged, “Father, give me a blessing too!”

2 Samuel 13:36

No sooner had he said it, than David's sons came in. They were weeping out loud, and David and all his officials cried just as loudly.

Ezra 9:3

This news made me so angry that I ripped my clothes and tore hair from my head and beard. Then I just sat in shock

Nehemiah 9:1

On the twenty-fourth day of the seventh month, the people of Israel went without eating, and they dressed in sackcloth and threw dust on their heads to show their sorrow.

Esther 4:1

When Mordecai heard about the letter, he tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. Then he covered his head with ashes and went through the city, crying and weeping.

Job 1:20

When Job heard this, he tore his clothes and shaved his head because of his great sorrow. He knelt on the ground, then worshipped God

Lamentations 2:10

Zion's leaders are silent. They just sit on the ground, tossing dust on their heads and wearing sackcloth. Her young women can do nothing but stare at the ground.

Ezekiel 27:30

mourning for you. They show their sorrow by putting dust on their heads and rolling in ashes;

Joshua 7:6

Joshua and the leaders of Israel tore their clothes and put dust on their heads to show their sorrow. They lay face down on the ground in front of the sacred chest until sunset.

Revelation 18:19

They cried loudly, and in their sorrow they threw dust on their heads, as they said, “Pity the great city of Babylon! Everyone who sailed the seas became rich from her treasures. But in a single hour the city was destroyed.

Judges 2:4

The Israelites started crying loudly,

1 Samuel 11:4

Some of the messengers went to Gibeah, Saul's home town. They told what was happening at Jabesh, and everyone in Gibeah started crying.

1 Samuel 30:4

They started crying and kept it up until they were too weak to cry any more.

1 Samuel 4:12

That same day a soldier from the tribe of Benjamin ran from the battlefront to Shiloh. He had torn his clothes and put earth on his head to show his sorrow.