All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.
John 11:19 - English Standard Version 2016 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning 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 all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.
And David said, “I will deal loyally with Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father dealt loyally with me.” So David sent by his servants to console him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the Ammonites.
all the valiant men arose and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him.
Then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him. And each of them gave him a piece of money and a ring of gold.
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart.
These two things have happened to you— who will console you?— devastation and destruction, famine and sword; who will comfort you?
“For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears; for a comforter is far from me, one to revive my spirit; my children are desolate, for the enemy has prevailed.”
She weeps bitterly in the night, with tears on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they have become her enemies.
“They heard my groaning, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it. You have brought the day you announced; now let them be as I am.
Her uncleanness was in her skirts; she took no thought of her future; therefore her fall is terrible; she has no comforter. “O Lord, behold my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!”
What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is vast as the sea; who can heal you?
And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching.
but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled.
Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him,
The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?”
who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days.