Job 2:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Then they sat with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him because they saw how very great his suffering was.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    So they sat down{H3427} with him upon the ground{H776} seven{H7651} days{H3117} and seven{H7651} nights,{H3915} and none spake{H1696} a word{H1697} unto him: for they saw{H7200} that his grief{H3511} was very{H3966} great.{H1431}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    So they sat down{H3427}{(H8799)} with him upon the ground{H776} seven{H7651} days{H3117} and seven{H7651} nights{H3915}, and none spake{H1696}{(H8802)} a word{H1697} unto him: for they saw{H7200}{(H8804)} that his grief{H3511} was very{H3966} great{H1431}{(H8804)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    They sat them downe by him also vpon the grounde, vij. dayes and vij. nightes. Nether was there eny of them that spake one worde vnto him, for they sawe that his payne was very greate.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    So they sate by him vpon the ground seuen dayes, and seuen nights, and none spake a worde vnto him: for they sawe, that the griefe was very great.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    They sate them downe by him also vpon the grounde seuen dayes & seuen nightes, and none spake a worde vnto him: for they sawe that his greefe was very great.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that [his] grief was very great.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And they took their seats on the earth by his side for seven days and seven nights: but no one said a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 50:10 : 10 And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation, and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
  • Neh 1:4 : 4 And it happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
  • Ezek 3:15 : 15 Then I came to those of the captivity at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them for seven days.
  • Job 4:2 : 2 If we attempt to speak with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
  • Ps 77:4 : 4 You hold my eyes wide awake: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
  • Isa 3:26 : 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she being desolate shall sit on the ground.
  • Isa 47:1 : 1 Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground. There is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, for you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
  • Ezra 9:3 : 3 And when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my mantle, and pulled out the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonished.
  • Gen 1:5 : 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
  • Gen 1:8 : 8 And God called the sky Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

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