13And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no man spoke to him a word: for they saw that his grief was very great.


In Context

10 And he said to her: Thou hast; spoken like one of the foolish women: if we have received good things at the hand of God, why should we not receive evil? In all these things Job did not sin with his lips.

11 Now when Job's three friends heard all the evil that had befallen him, they came every one from his own place, Alphas the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment to come together and visit him, a nd comfort him.

12 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.

13 And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no man spoke to him a word: for they saw that his grief was very great.

Job 2:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:13So 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:13Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:13So 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13And 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 anguish was very great.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:13So 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13So 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13And 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:13So 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.