Verse 12
Job 2:12
Bible in Basic English
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשְׂא֨וּ אֶת עֵינֵי/הֶ֤ם מֵ/רָחוֹק֙ וְ/לֹ֣א הִכִּירֻ֔/הוּ וַ/יִּשְׂא֥וּ קוֹלָ֖/ם וַ/יִּבְכּ֑וּ וַֽ/יִּקְרְעוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ מְעִל֔/וֹ וַ/יִּזְרְק֥וּ עָפָ֛ר עַל רָאשֵׁי/הֶ֖ם הַ/שָּׁמָֽיְמָ/ה
English Translation
And they raised their eyes from afar and did not recognize him, and they raised their voices and wept, and each man tore his robe and they threw dust on their heads toward heaven.
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