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12 Thus[a] they lifted up their eyes[b] from afar, but[c] they did not recognize him, so[d] they raised their voice, and they wept, and each man tore his outer garment[e] and threw dust on their heads toward the sky.[f] 13 Then[g] they sat with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, but[h] no one spoke[i] a word to him because they saw that his[j] suffering was very great.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:12 Hebrew “And”
  2. Job 2:12 Or “they gazed”
  3. Job 2:12 Hebrew “and”
  4. Job 2:12 Hebrew “and”
  5. Job 2:12 Or “robe”
  6. Job 2:12 Or “in the air”; literally “to the heavens”
  7. Job 2:13 Hebrew “And”
  8. Job 2:13 Hebrew “and”
  9. Job 2:13 Or “there was no speaking”
  10. Job 2:13 Literally “the”