Job 2:12

New International Version

When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads.

Cross References

Genesis 27:34

When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me—me too, my father!”

2 Samuel 13:36

As he finished speaking, the king’s sons came in, wailing loudly. The king, too, and all his attendants wept very bitterly.

Ezra 9:3

When I heard this, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled hair from my head and beard and sat down appalled.

Nehemiah 9:1

On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and putting dust on their heads.

Esther 4:1

When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.

Job 1:20

At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship

Job 19:14

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

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have sprinkled dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

Ezekiel 27:30

They will raise their voice and cry bitterly over you; they will sprinkle dust on their heads and roll in ashes.

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown to the ground before the ark of the Lord, remaining there till evening. The elders of Israel did the same, and sprinkled dust on their heads.

Revelation 18:19

They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out: “ ‘Woe! Woe to you, great city, where all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one hour she has been brought to ruin!’

Judges 2:4

When the angel of the Lord had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud,

1 Samuel 11:4

When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and reported these terms to the people, they all wept aloud.

1 Samuel 30:4

So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep.

1 Samuel 4:12

That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line and went to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dust on his head.