God called the light ‘day’, and the darkness he called ‘night’. There was an evening, and there was a morning: one day.
Job 2:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering was very intense. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So they sat down with [Job] on the ground for seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief and pain were very great. American Standard Version (1901) So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. Common English Bible They sat with Job on the ground seven days and seven nights, not speaking a word to him, for they saw that he was in excruciating pain. Catholic Public Domain Version And they sat with him on the ground for seven day and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his sorrow was very great. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights: and no man spoke to him a word. For they saw that his grief was very great. |
God called the light ‘day’, and the darkness he called ‘night’. There was an evening, and there was a morning: one day.
God called the expanse ‘sky’. Evening came and then morning: the second day.
When they reached the threshing-floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wept loudly, and Joseph mourned seven days for his father.
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.
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for a number of days, fasting and praying before the God of the heavens.
Should anyone try to speak with you when you are exhausted? Yet who can keep from speaking?
Then her gates will lament and mourn; deserted, she will sit on the ground.
‘Go down and sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, Daughter Chaldea! For you will no longer be called pampered and spoilt.
The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were living by the Chebar Canal, and I sat there among them stunned for seven days.