Job 2:12

God's Word

When they saw him from a distance, they didn’t even recognize him. They cried out loud and wept, and each of them tore his own clothes in grief. They threw dust on their heads.

Cross References

Genesis 27:34

When Esau heard these words from his father, he shouted out a very loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, Father!”

2 Samuel 13:36

When he finished speaking, the king’s sons arrived and cried loudly. The king and all his men also cried very bitterly.

Ezra 9:3

When I heard this, I tore my clothes ⌞in distress⌟, pulled hair from my scalp and my beard, and sat down in shock.

Nehemiah 9:1

When the Israelites assembled on the twenty-fourth day of this month, they fasted, wore sackcloth, and threw dirt on their heads.

Esther 4:1

When Mordecai found out about everything that had been done, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes. He went into the middle of the city and cried loudly and bitterly.

Job 1:20

Job stood up, tore his robe in grief, and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground and worshiped.

Job 19:14

My relatives and my closest friends have stopped coming. My house guests have forgotten me.

Lamentations 2:10

The respected leaders of Zion’s people sit silently on the ground. They throw dirt on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem bow their heads to the ground.

Ezekiel 27:30

They cried loudly and bitterly over you. They put dust on their heads and covered themselves with ashes.

Joshua 7:6

Joshua and the leaders of Israel tore their clothes in grief. They put dust on their heads and bowed down to the ground in front of the Lord’s ark. They stayed there until evening.

Revelation 18:19

Then they threw dust on their heads and shouted while crying and mourning, ‘How horrible, how horrible for that important city. Everyone who had a ship at sea grew rich because of that city’s high prices. In one moment it has been destroyed!’

Judges 2:4

While the Messenger of the Lord was saying this to all the people of Israel, they began to cry loudly.

1 Samuel 11:4

The messengers came to Saul’s town, Gibeah. When they told the people the news, the people cried loudly.

1 Samuel 30:4

Then David and his men cried loudly until they didn’t have the strength to cry anymore.

1 Samuel 4:12

A man from the tribe of Benjamin ran from the front line of the battle. He went to Shiloh that day with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.