20At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship


In Context

17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!"

18 While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, "Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother's house,

19 when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!"

20 At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship

21 and said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised."

22 In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.

Job 1:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:20Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:20Then Job rose up, and rent his garments, and having shaven his head fell down upon the ground and worshipped,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:20Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20And Job rose up, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshipped;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:20Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell upon the ground, and worshiped,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20And Job riseth, and rendeth his robe, and shaveth his head, and falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:20Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshipped,