 | Alexander Balloch Grosart - 1863 - 212 pages
...in the fourth of our series. we read in the old, old story that is still repeating itself: "So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven...for they saw that his grief was very great," (Job ii. 13.) But such thoughtf'ulness is not common. Our friends will gather around us and expostulate,... | |
 | Thomas Street Millington - 1863 - 888 pages
...in pain feel lightened when their friends grieve with them." ARIBTOT. Elk. L EL c. 11. 13. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven...unto him, for they saw that his grief was very great. Plutarch speaks of the custom of those who, being troubled with evil dreams or portents — " Plunge... | |
 | Revelation - 1863 - 828 pages
...wept ; and they rent ever}' one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven...him : for they saw that his grief was very great." This was the manner of mourning for the dead (Gen. 1. 10, 11), and it evidences to us the truth that... | |
 | Thomas Street Millington - 1863 - 726 pages
...feel lightened when their friends grieve with them." ARISTOT. Eth. 1. ix. c. 11. 13. So they sat Sown with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights,...unto him, for they saw that his grief was very great. Plutarch speaks of the custom of those who, being troubled with evil dreams or portents — " Plunge... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - 1978 - 644 pages
...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 and seven...unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. 7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of... | |
 | Zondervan - 1984 - 940 pages
...wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. 13 So they I P 6 6 6 CHAPTER 3 A TER THIS opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 2 And Job spake, and said, The speech... | |
 | John Paul Scott - 1990 - 378 pages
...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 and seven...him: for they saw that his grief was very great." To summarize the ending of Chapter 2, in which Job's wife and his three friends interest themselves... | |
 | Kathleen Raine - 1991 - 196 pages
...are written: And they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights and none spoke a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great. (Job n : 1 3) What but silence can respond to the presence of man's total affliction? Job's friends were... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 1993 - 514 pages
...hearthstone, Piping incessantly above the ashes What next what next what next what next what next 2:13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven...unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. C/ESURA JOHN ASHBERY Job sat in a corner of the dump eating asparagus With one hand and scratching... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1994 - 164 pages
...friends, of whom it is written, that at the sight of Him "they lifted up their voice, and wept; and sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven...him: for they saw that his grief was very great." We leave the Master awhile to look at this dream of Pilate's wife, which is only spoken of once in... | |
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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... 
