Don't tell it in Gath! Don't even cry. Instead, roll in the dust at Beth-Leaphrah.
Don't tell it in Gath or spread the news in the streets of Ashkelon. The godless Philistine women will be happy and jump for joy.
Then Job sat on the ash heap to show his sorrow. And while he was scraping his sores with a broken piece of pottery,
and attacks without warning. So mourn, my people, as though your only child had died. Wear clothes made of sackcloth and roll in the ash heap.”
Being rubbed in the earth can teach us a lesson;
Times are so evil that anyone with good sense will keep quiet.
As you carry out a corpse to prepare it for burial, your relative in the house will ask, “Are there others?” You will answer, “No!” Then your relative will reply, “Be quiet! Don't dare mention the name of the LORD.”