Job 2:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

When they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him, and they raised their voices and wept aloud; they tore their robes and threw dust in the air upon their heads.

Cross References

Genesis 27:34

When Esau heard his father’s words, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, me also, father!”

2 Samuel 13:36

As soon as he had finished speaking, the king’s sons arrived and raised their voices and wept, and the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.

Ezra 9:3

When I heard this, I tore my garment and my mantle and pulled hair from my head and beard and sat appalled.

Nehemiah 9:1

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth and with earth on their heads.

Esther 4:1

When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes and went through the city, wailing with a loud and bitter cry;

Job 1:20

Then Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell on the ground and worshiped.

Job 19:14

My relatives and my close friends have failed me;

Lamentations 2:10

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

Ezekiel 27:30

and wail aloud over you and cry bitterly. They throw dust on their heads and wallow in ashes;

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the ground on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they put dust on their heads.

Revelation 18:19

And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out, “Alas, alas, the great city, where all who had ships at sea grew rich by her wealth! For 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 lifted up their voices and wept.

1 Samuel 11:4

When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, they reported the matter in the hearing of the people, and all the people wept aloud.

1 Samuel 30:4

Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep.

1 Samuel 4:12

A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with earth upon his head.