Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognize him. They wept aloud,
New American Standard Bible
When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them
King James Version
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.
International Standard Version
Observing him from a distance, at first they didn't even recognize him, so they raised their voices and burst into tears. They each ripped their robes, threw ashes into the air on their heads,
A Conservative Version
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and did not recognize him, they lifted up their voice, and wept. And each one tore his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
American Standard Version
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 robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
Amplified
When they looked from a distance and did not recognize him [because of his disfigurement], they raised their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe [in grief] and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky [in sorrow].
Bible in Basic English
And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.
Darby Translation
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 the heavens.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will lift up their eyes from far off, and they knew him not, and they will lift up their voice and weep; and they will rend each his covering, and they will sprinkle dust upon their heads to the heavens.
King James 2000
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they tore every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Thus they lifted up their eyes from afar, but they did not recognize him, so they raised their voice, and they wept, and each man tore his outer garment and threw dust on their heads {toward the sky}.
Modern King James verseion
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and did not know him, they lifted up their voice and wept. And each one tore his robe, and they sprinkled dust upon their heads toward Heaven.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So when they lift up their eyes afar off, they knew him not. Then they cried, and wept: then every one of them rent his clothes, and sprinkled dust upon their heads in the air.
NET Bible
But when they gazed intently from a distance but did not recognize him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads.
New Heart English Bible
When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and did not recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.
The Emphasized Bible
And, when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept - and rent, every one his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads, toward the heavens.
Webster
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they raised their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads towards heaven.
World English Bible
When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn't recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they lift up their eyes from afar and have not discerned him, and they lift up their voice and weep, and rend each his robe, and sprinkle dust on their heads -- heavenward.
Themes
Ashes » Placed on the head as a sign of grief
Dust » Placed on the head as a sign of grief
Dust » Put on the head in mourning
Friendship » Instances of » Job and his three "friends,"
Head » In grief » Sprinkled with dust
Job » A man who lived in uz » Visited by eliphaz, bildad, and zophar as comforters
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 2:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Blameless Behavior
11
Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite,
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:1
On the twenty-fourth day of this month
Lamentations 2:10
י Yod
sit on the ground in silence.
They have thrown dust on their heads
and put on sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.
Ezekiel 27:30
and cry out bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads;
they roll in ashes.
Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell before the ark of the Lord with his face to the ground until evening, as did the elders of Israel; they all put dust on their heads.
Job 1:20
Then Job stood up, tore
Genesis 27:34
When Esau heard his father’s words, he cried out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, my father!”
Judges 2:4
When the Angel of the Lord had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.
Ruth 1:19-21
The two of them traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was excited about their arrival
1 Samuel 11:4
When the messengers came to Gibeah,
1 Samuel 30:4
David and the troops with him wept loudly until they had no strength left to weep.
2 Samuel 13:36
Just as he finished speaking, the king’s sons entered and wept loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept bitterly.
Esther 4:1
When Mordecai learned all that had occurred,
Job 19:14
and my close friends have forgotten me.
Lamentations 4:7-8
ז Zayin
whiter than milk;
their bodies
their appearance like sapphire.
Revelation 18:19
They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning:
where all those who have ships on the sea
became rich from her wealth,
for in a single hour