Job 1:20
18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
- KJV
- Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
- WEB
- Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.
- ASV
- Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped;
- DARBY
- And Job rose up, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshipped;
- BLB
- And Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and bowed low,
- ÅB
- Da reiste Job seg og sønderrev sin kappe og klipte håret av sitt hode og kastet seg ned på jorden og tilba
- OTB
- Da reiste Job seg, rev i stykker kappen sin og barberte hodet. Så falt han til jorden og tilba.
- B1930
- Da reiste Job sig og sønderrev sin kappe og klipte håret av sitt hode og kastet sig ned på jorden og tilbad
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Read in context2 Samuel 12:16–20
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
Read in contextGenesis 37:34
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Read in contextEzra 9:3
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.
Read in contextGenesis 37:29
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 9:18
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.
Read in contextMatthew 26:39
And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Read in context2 Chronicles 7:3
And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
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