Job 2:13
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 2:13 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 2:13 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 2:13 — KJV
“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.”
— Job 2:13 (KJV)
Job 2:13 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 2:13
“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires continually: Heb. every day”
Shares key themes with Job 2:13: word, saw, very
“For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. destroy: Heb. blot out”
Shares key themes with Job 2:13: seven, days, nights
“And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.”
Shares key themes with Job 2:13: seven, days, very
“Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.”
Shares key themes with Job 2:13: sat, down, word
“Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with Job 2:13: seven, days, very
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