 | William Allen (of Peel.) - 1835 - 426 pages
...deep calamity. " They rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. They sat down with him upon the ground seven days...for they saw that his grief was very great." Job, at length, broke silence ; but it was in words that denoted the extremity of his woe. He cursed, with... | |
 | 1835 - 618 pages
...Prophets, and the New Testament. It is said of Job's three friends, when they came to comfort him, " that they sat down with him upon the ground seven days...him, for they saw that his grief was very great." Such a length of time for the workings of unutterable sorrow seems beyond the power of human nature.... | |
 | Harriet Lathrop Winslow, Miron Winslow - 1840 - 494 pages
...anguish they are intended to allay." The friends of Job better understood the nature of affliction, when "they sat down with him upon the ground seven days...him, for they saw that his grief was very great." We next find Miss Lathrop seeking to guide a beloved female associate, inquiring for the way of salvation.... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1835 - 656 pages
...they are in deep sorrow, or when they participate in that of others. See on Joshua vii. 6. 13. — "They sat down with him upon the ground seven days...him, for they saw that his grief was very great." Those who go to sympathise with the afflicted, are often silent for hours together. As there were seven... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1835 - 652 pages
...they are in deep sorrow, or when they participate in that of others. See on Joshua vii. 6. 13. — "They sat down with him upon the ground seven days...him, for they saw that his grief was very great." Those who go to sympathise with the afflicted, are often silent for hours together. As there were seven... | |
 | 1852 - 1000 pages
...voice, and wept ; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days...him ; for they saw that his grief was very great." Longtime was he compelled to say, " There is no sound part in my body ;" and his case soon was embittered... | |
 | Mourner - 1836 - 242 pages
...have received from his friends was their permitting him to remain undisturbed. " So they sat with him seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word...that his grief was very great." — (Job, ii. 13.) In fact, there is no feeling of our nature more reserved than grief, if deeply felt, or one which more... | |
 | Job (the patriarch) - 1836 - 332 pages
...from a distance," 13. They sat beside him on the ground for seven days and seven nights,1 but no one spake a word unto him ; for they saw that his grief was very great. because it must suppose that the friends of Job did not recognize him. But according to reason, it... | |
 | George Augustus Addison - 1837 - 372 pages
...sorrows, that they scarcely knew him, — they are thus represented as offering their condolement : — " They sat down with him upon the ground seven days...spake a word unto him, for they saw that his grief was great." Dr. Warton justly observes on this passage, — " Were ever sorrow, and misery, and c'ompassion... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 600 pages
...sorrow for his great affliction, by rending their clothes, and strewing dust upon their heads. II. 13. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days...and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him. And they were so affected and astonished with his grievous sufferings, that they sat down silently... | |
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And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven... 
