Job 2:12

Modern English Version

They saw him from a distance and did not recognize him, so they wept aloud. Each one tore his robe, and they tossed dust into the air above their heads.

Cross References

Genesis 27:34

When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceedingly bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!”

2 Samuel 13:36

As soon as he had finished speaking, behold, the sons of the king came, lifted their voices, and wept. The king and all of his servants also wept loudly.

Ezra 9:3

When I heard this, I tore my clothes and my robe, plucked out the hair of my head and from my beard, and sat down astonished.

Nehemiah 9:1

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites were assembled with fasting and sackcloth, and there was dirt on them.

Esther 4:1

When Mordecai learned all that had been done, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry.

Job 1:20

Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshipped.

Job 19:14

My relatives have failed, and my close friends have forgotten me.

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they throw dust on their heads and gird themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem bow their heads to the ground.

Ezekiel 27:30

And they shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads; they shall wallow in ashes.

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua ripped his clothes. He and the Israelite elders fell on their faces to the ground in front of the ark of the Lord until evening and threw dirt upon their heads.

Revelation 18:19

They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying: ‘Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships in the sea grew rich from her wealth! In one hour she has been laid waste!’

Judges 2:4

When the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the Israelites, the people raised their voices and wept aloud.

1 Samuel 11:4

So the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke the words in the ears of the people. And all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.

1 Samuel 30:4

So David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no strength in them to weep.

1 Samuel 4:12

There ran a man of Benjamin from the battle line, and he came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes torn and with dust upon his head.