When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.
Job 1:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshipped, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Job arose and rent his robe and shaved his head and fell down upon the ground and worshiped American Standard Version (1901) Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped; Common English Bible Job arose, tore his clothes, shaved his head, fell to the ground, and worshipped. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Job got up and tore his garments, and, having shaved his head, he collapsed on the ground, and worshipped, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Job rose up, and rent his garments: and having shaven his head fell down upon the ground and worshipped, |
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth round his waist, and mourned for his son for many days.
As Elisha watched, he kept crying out, ‘My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel! ’ When he could see him no longer, he took hold of his own clothes, tore them in two,
All the Israelites were watching when the fire descended and the glory of the Lord came on the temple. They bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground. They worshipped and praised the Lord: For he is good, for his faithful love endures for ever.
When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and robe, pulled out some of the hair from my head and beard, and sat down devastated.
Suddenly a powerful wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people so that they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you! ’
When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognise him. They wept aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.
The people believed, and when they heard that the Lord had paid attention to them and that he had seen their misery, they knelt low and worshipped.
Cut off the hair of your sacred vow , and throw it away. Raise up a dirge on the barren heights, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned the generation under his wrath.”
Tear your hearts, not just your clothes, and return to the Lord your God. For he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in faithful love, and he relents from sending disaster.
Going a little further, he fell face down and prayed, ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.’
I fell down like the first time in the presence of the Lord for forty days and forty nights; I did not eat food or drink water because of all the sin you committed, doing what was evil in the Lord’s sight and angering him.
Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell face down to the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening, as did the elders of Israel; they all put dust on their heads.
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time,