Verse 12
Job 2:12
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And when they had lifted up their eyes afar off, they knew him not, and crying out they wept, and rending their garments they sprinkled dust upon their heads towards heaven.
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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