Job 1:20

Then arose Job, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and prostrated himself.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19When, behold, a violent wind came from the direction of the wilderness, and struck against the four corners of the house, so that it fell upon the young men, and they died; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee.

21And he 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; may the name of the Lord be blessed.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Deuteronomy 9:18And I threw myself down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; bread did I not eat, and water did I not drink; on account of all your sins which ye had committed, in doing what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

2 Samuel 12:16And David besought God in behalf of the lad; and David kept a fast, and came home, and lay over night upon the earth.

2 Chronicles 7:3And all the children of Israel were looking on as the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord [was resting] upon the house; and they kneeled down with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and prostrated themselves, and gave thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; because unto everlasting endureth his kindness.

Job 2:12And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and they recognised him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his robe, and strewed dust upon their heads toward heaven.

Matthew Henry on Job 1:14-20

The Calamities Brought on Job; The Death of Job's Children. ( b. c. 1520.) 13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: 15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and… Read the whole commentary →

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