All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. ‘No,’ he said. ‘I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.’ And his father wept for him.
John 11:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And a considerable number of the Jews had gone out to see Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. American Standard Version (1901) and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother. Common English Bible Many Jews had come to comfort Martha and Mary after their brother’s death. Catholic Public Domain Version And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, so as to console them over their brother. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And many of the Jews were come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. |
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. ‘No,’ he said. ‘I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.’ And his father wept for him.
Then David said, ‘I’ll show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.’ So David sent his emissaries to console Hanun concerning his father. However, when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,
all their brave men set out and retrieved the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted for seven days.
Now when Job’s three friends #– #Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite #– #heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathise with him and comfort him.
All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances came to him and dined with him in his house. They sympathised with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver , and a gold earring.
It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, since that is the end of all mankind, and the living should take it to heart.
These two things have happened to you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? How can I comfort you?
I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to keep me alive. My children are desolate because the enemy has prevailed.
She weeps bitterly during the night, with tears on her cheeks. There is no one to offer her comfort, not one from all her lovers. , All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
People have heard me groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my misfortune; they are glad that you have caused it. Bring on the day you have announced, so that they may become like me.
Her uncleanness stains her skirts. She never considered her end. Her downfall was astonishing; there was no one to comfort her. Lord, look on my affliction, for the enemy boasts.
What can I say on your behalf? What can I compare you to, Daughter Jerusalem? What can I liken you to, so that I may console you, Virgin Daughter Zion? For your ruin is as vast as the sea. Who can heal you?
She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s feet and was listening to what he said.
but one thing is necessary. , Mary has made the right choice, and it will not be taken away from her.’
This was John’s testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, ‘Who are you? ’
Now a man was ill #– #Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw that Mary got up quickly and went out. They followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to cry there.
When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, he was deeply moved in his spirit and troubled.
Therefore, many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what he did believed in him.
‘Rabbi,’ the disciples told him, ‘just now the Jews tried to stone you, and you’re going there again? ’
He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing.
Afterwards, they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days.