THEOSISJob 2:13Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And they sat with him on the ground seven day and seven nights and no man spoke to him a word: for they saw that his grief was very great.
וַיֵּשְׁב֤וּ אִתּוֹ֙ לָאָ֔רֶץ שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים וְשִׁבְעַ֣ת לֵיל֑וֹת וְאֵין־דֹּבֵ֤ר אֵלָיו֙ דָּבָ֔ר כִּ֣י רָא֔וּ כִּֽי־גָדַ֥ל הַכְּאֵ֖ב מְאֹֽד׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 50:10And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is situated beyond the Jordan: where celebrating the exequies with a great and vehement lamentation, they spent full seven days.
- Ezek 3:15And I came to them of the captivity, to the heap of new corn, to them that dwelt by the river Chobar, and I sat where they sat: and I remained there seven days mourning in the midst of them.
- Neh 1:4And when I had heard these words, I sat down, and wept, and mourned for many days: and I fasted, and prayed before the face of the God of heaven.
- Gen 1:8And God called the firmament, Heaven; and the evening and morning were the second day.
- Ps 77 (76):4
- Isa 3:26And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall sit desolate on the ground.
- Job 4:2If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill; but who can withhold the words he hath conceived?
- Gen 1:5And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning one day.