Job 1:20

¶ Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

Then Job {H347} arose {H6965}, and rent {H7167} his mantle {H4598}, and shaved {H1494} his head {H7218}, and fell down {H5307} upon the ground {H776}, and worshipped {H7812},

Iyov got up, tore his coat, shaved his head, fell down on the ground and worshipped;

Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped;

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • 1 Peter 5:6 (8 votes)

    Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

  • 2 Samuel 12:16 (6 votes)

    David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

  • 2 Samuel 12:20 (6 votes)

    Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed [himself], and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

  • Genesis 37:34 (4 votes)

    And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

  • Genesis 37:29 (4 votes)

    And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

  • Ezra 9:3 (4 votes)

    And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.

  • Deuteronomy 9:18 (3 votes)

    And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.