King James Version
Job 1:20 in the King James Version says “Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, mantle: or, rob...” — study this verse from Job chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, mantle: or, robe”
Job 1:20 · KJV
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. from: Heb. from aside, etc
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, mantle: or, robe
And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. charged: or, attributed folly to God
KJV Study — Public Domain
“arose”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“and rent”
H7167to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and shaved”
H1494to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his head”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
“and fell down”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
“and worshipped”
H7812to depress, i.e., prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or god)
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