 | Dagobert D. Runes - 2001 - 308 pages
...voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days...unto him for they saw that his grief was very great. After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. And Job spake, and said, Let the day perish wherein... | |
 | John C. Dancy - 2001 - 804 pages
...and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. • So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days...unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. (AV) Prologue in Heaven (cont.) Job's illness is not diagnosed, but it is blessed him. Now he speaks... | |
 | Norman Lamm - 2002 - 332 pages
...silence. Job was sorely stricken, and his three friends came to commiserate with him and console him. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him; for they saw that his grief was very great. The Talmud, in keeping with this tradition,... | |
 | Harriet Lathrop Winslow - 2003 - 496 pages
...anguish they are intended to allay." The friends of Job better understood the nature of affliction, when "they sat down with him upon the ground seven days...him, for they saw that his grief was very great." We next find Miss Lathrop seeking to guide a beloved female associate, inquiring for the way of salvation.... | |
 | Northrop Frye - 2003 - 818 pages
...nothing to gain from coming to see Job in his utter destitution. In chapter 2, the last verse ends, “So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights”—that's the ritual period of mourning—”and none spake a word unto him: for they saw... | |
 | Sandra Querin - 2004 - 164 pages
...voice and wept and they rent everyone his mantle and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So, they sat down with him upon the ground seven days...him, for they saw that his grief was very great (Job 2:12-13). The one thing that we have to realize about Job's friends is that they started out as great... | |
 | Stanley Lotegeluaki - 2004 - 667 pages
...and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. 13. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days...unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. Think of Satan attacking St. Job. Meditation. Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? Why hidest thou thyself... | |
 | Larry Stockstill - 2004 - 130 pages
...voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days...him: for they saw that his grief was very great," That's pretty impressive! Job's friends knew that he had lost all his money, his children, and even... | |
 | James Hastings - 2004 - 452 pages
...friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, now come to condole with him. They sit in silent sympathy for seven days and seven nights, and ' none spake a word unto him, for they saw that his pain was very great.' The silence is at last broken by Job himself. He had thus far borne unparalleled... | |
 | Steven Carter - 2004 - 154 pages
...Bildad, and Zophar "sat down with [Job] upon the ground seven days and seven nights," during which time "none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great." Now, whether we're meant to take this literally or metaphorically, seven days and nights is a long... | |
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And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven... 
