Job 2:12

Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And when they

נָשָׂא

nâsâʼ

H5375

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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up their

עַיִן

ʻayin

H5869

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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מֶרְחָק

merchâq

H4801

remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar

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off and

יָדַע

yâdaʻ

H3045

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...

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him not they

נָשָׂא

nâsâʼ

H5375

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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up their

קוֹל

qôwl

H6963

a voice or sound

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and

בָּכָה

bâkâh

H1058

to weep; generally to bemoan

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and they

קָרַע

qâraʻ

H7167

to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)

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every

אֶחָד

ʼechâd

H259

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

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his

אֶדֶר

ʼeder

H145

amplitude, i.e. (concrete) a mantle; also (figuratively) splendor

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זָרַק

zâraq

H2236

to sprinkle (fluid or solid particles)

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עָפָר

ʻâphâr

H6083

dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud

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upon their

רֹאשׁ

rôʼsh

H7218

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

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דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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שָׁמַיִם

shâmayim

H8064

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...

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Key Terms in This Verse

mantle H145

אֶדֶר ʼeder

amplitude, i.e. (concrete) a mantle; also (figuratively) splendor

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sprinkled H2236

זָרַק zâraq

to sprinkle (fluid or solid particles)

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afar H4801

מֶרְחָק merchâq

remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar

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rent H7167

קָרַע qâraʻ

to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)

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wept H1058

בָּכָה bâkâh

to weep; generally to bemoan

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dust H6083

עָפָר ʻâphâr

dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud

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heads H7218

רֹאשׁ rôʼsh

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

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lifted H5375

נָשָׂא nâsâʼ

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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lifted H5375

נָשָׂא nâsâʼ

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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knew H3045

יָדַע yâdaʻ

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...

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Cross References

Lamentations 2:10 cross-reference

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their ...

Ezekiel 27:30 cross-reference

And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

Nehemiah 9:1 cross-reference

Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

Joshua 7:6 cross-reference

And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

Job 1:20 cross-reference

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

Genesis 27:34 cross-reference

And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

Esther 4:1 cross-reference

When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

2 Samuel 13:36 cross-reference

And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.

1 Samuel 30:4 cross-reference

Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

Revelation 18:19 cross-reference

And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hou...

Job 19:14 cross-reference

My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

Judges 2:4 cross-reference

And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

1 Samuel 11:4 cross-reference

Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.

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