And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.
Ecclesiastes 9:8 - English Standard Version 2016 Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let your garments be always white [with purity], and let your head not lack [the] oil [of gladness]. American Standard Version (1901) Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil. Common English Bible Let your garments always be white; don’t run short of oil for your head. Catholic Public Domain Version Let your garments be white at all times, and let not oil be absent from your head. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version At all times let thy garments be white, and let not oil depart from thy head. |
And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.
And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had neither taken care of his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back in safety.
Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal robes of blue and white, with a great golden crown and a robe of fine linen and purple, and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, for the full three weeks.
who drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
(“Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”)
And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses.
it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.