Job 2:13 “Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights,…”

Job 2:13

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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.

World English Bible

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

American 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

And 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.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“they sat”

Nehemiah 1:4 Isaiah 3:26 Ezra 9:3 Isaiah 47:1

Nehemiah 1:4 · BSB

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Isaiah 3:26 · BSB

And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.

Ezra 9:3 · BSB

When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.

Isaiah 47:1 · BSB

“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.

“seven days”

Genesis 50:10 Genesis 1:5 Genesis 1:8

Genesis 50:10 · BSB

When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.

Genesis 1:5 · BSB

God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

Genesis 1:8 · BSB

God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

“none spake”

Job 4:2 Psalm 77:4

Job 4:2 · BSB

“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?

Psalm 77:4 · BSB

You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.

Also

Ezekiel 3:15

Ezekiel 3:15 · BSB

I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.

Read Job 2