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Job 1

Job 1:20

Job Loses His Children and Possessions · Job 1:13–22
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Translations

Modern
Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
Traditional
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
Literal
And Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and bowed low,
Latin
Tunc surrexit Job, et scidit vestimenta sua: et tonso capite corruens in terram, adoravit,

Original

Hebrew
English
Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

Notes

Job 1:20

  • Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head: These were common ceremonies in the Ancient Near East to show grief. People sometimes responded this way instead of harming themselves when shocked, in horror, or after hearing bad news (2:12; Genesis 37:29, 34; Judges 11:35; Jeremiah 16:6; Ezekiel 7:18; Amos 8:10).

  • He fell to the ground and worshiped: Then in an unexpected move, Job did not give a desperate cry, but had hope (1 Peter 5:6).

Job 1:1–2:13

God and Satan agree to test Job, which causes his troubles and confirms his integrity (1:20–21; 2:10). None of the book's characters ever learn of this council in heaven.

Theme notes and profiles

Satan God or Satan?

Events

People

Job: A righteous man who endured great suffering

Glossary

Book of Job Mourning

Topics

Afflicted Saints: Examples of Afflicted Saints: Job Bereavement: Resignation In Children: Resignation Manifested at Loss of Dress: Various Articles of Mantle Head in Grief: Shorn Job: A Man Who Lived in Uz: Fortitude of Job's Wife Mantle: Ripped As a Token of Grief Mourning for Calamities and Other Sorrows: Ripping the Garments Prayer: Job Rending: (Ripping, Tearing) of Garments, an Outward Sign of Affliction Resignation: Exemplified Temptation: A Test