...him," instead of addressing him, as they had intended, they lifted up their voices and wept, and " sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven...him, for they saw that his grief was very great." This was nature ; and like the friends of Job, you can weep with the afflicted, if you cannot comfort...

...knew something of a sharp arrow when he took a potsherd to scrape himself withal, and when his friends sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him, Job ii. 13. Bereavements are sharp arrows, and no doubt they have wounded thee in thy time ; for few...

...as also Job's three friends having " rent every one his mantle and sprinkled dust upon their heads, sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him ;" Num. 12. yea the Lord said unto Moses of Miriam, " if her father had but spit in her face, should...

...as also Job's three friends having " rent every one his mantle and sprinkled dost upon their heads, sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him ;" Num. 12. yea the Lord said unto Moses of Miriam, " if her father had but spit in her face, should...

...heaven. 77i Ge.50. 10. (CHAP. 3.) 13 So they sat down I with him upon the ground seven m days and wven nights, and none spake a word unto him : for they saw that to grief was very great. CHAPTER 1H. och.10.18, Je.20. 14.' Job citrsfith the day of his birth. 4FTER...

...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,...; for they saw that his grief was very great. Job JOD answered and said, Oh that my grief were ' 4. thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances...

...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." There is something singularly touching, and peculiarly characteristic of Eastern habits, in the conduct...

...saying nothing ; it being impossible to comfort him by words. In like manner, the friends of Job " sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven...him, for they saw that his grief was very great." Eustathius says, that Homer covered the face of Priam because he «ould not represent his grief. But...

...now admired the wisdom and delicacy manifested by them " when they sat down upon the ground witli him seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word...him, for they saw that his grief was very great." " She never speaks," said her •mother; " when we offer her any thing, or do any thing for her, she...

...their eyes, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice and wept. So they sat down with him—and none spake a word unto him; for they saw that his grief was very great." (Job ii. 11, 13.) On two or three occasions, during his illness, he was taken to the chapel on a wheel-chair,...