Job 2:12

New International Reader's Version

When they got closer to where he lived, they could see him. But they could hardly recognize him. They began to weep out loud. They tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads.

Cross References

Genesis 27:34

Esau heard his father’s words. Then he yelled loudly and bitterly. He said to his father, “Bless me! Bless me too, my father!”

2 Samuel 13:36

As he finished speaking, the king’s sons came in. They were weeping out loud. The king and all his attendants were also weeping very bitterly.

Ezra 9:3

When I heard that, I tore my inner robe and my coat. I pulled hair from my head and beard. I was so shocked I sat down.

Nehemiah 9:1

It was the 24th day of the seventh month. The Israelites gathered together again. They didn’t eat any food. They wore the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad. They put dust on their heads.

Esther 4:1

Mordecai found out about everything that had been done. So he tore his clothes. He put on the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad. He sat down in ashes. Then he went out into the city. He wept out loud. He cried bitter tears.

Job 1:20

After Job heard all these reports, he got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground and worshiped the Lord.

Job 19:14

My relatives have gone away. My closest friends have forgotten me.

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of the city of Zion sit silently on the ground. They have sprinkled dust on their heads. They’ve put on the clothes of sadness. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads toward the ground.

Ezekiel 27:30

They will raise their voices. They will cry bitterly over you. They will sprinkle dust on their heads. They will roll in ashes.

Joshua 7:6

Joshua and the elders of Israel became sad. Joshua tore his clothes. He fell in front of the ark of the Lord with his face to the ground. He remained there until evening. The elders did the same thing. They also sprinkled dust on their heads.

Revelation 18:19

They will throw dust on their heads. They will weep and mourn. They will cry out, “ ‘How terrible! How terrible it is for you, great city! All who had ships on the sea became rich because of her wealth! In just one hour she has been destroyed!’

Judges 2:4

The angel of the Lord spoke these things to all the Israelites. Then the people wept out loud.

1 Samuel 11:4

The messengers came to Gibeah of Saul. They reported to the people the terms Nahash had required. Then all the people wept out loud.

1 Samuel 30:4

So David and his men began to weep out loud. They wept until they couldn’t weep anymore.

1 Samuel 4:12

That same day a man from the tribe of Benjamin ran from the front lines of the battle. He went to Shiloh. His clothes were torn. He had dust on his head.