Job 2:12
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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.When 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.
In other translations
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.When 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.
Hebrew words
וַיִּשְׂאוּvaiyis'uand they lifted upH5375אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853עֵינֵיהֶם'eineihemeyes theirH5869מֵרָחוֹקmerachokfrom a distanceH7350וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808הִכִּירֻהוּhikiruhuthey recognized himH5234וַיִּשְׂאוּvaiyis'uand they lifted upH5375קוֹלָםkolamvoice theirH6963וַיִּבְכּוּvaiyivkuand they weptH1058וַיִּקְרְעוּvaiyikre'uand they toreH7167אִישׁ'isheach oneH376מְעִלוֹme'ilorobe hisH4598וַיִּזְרְקוּvaiyizrekuand they sprinkledH2236עָפָר'afardustH6083עַל־'al-onH5921רָאשֵׁיהֶםrasheihemheads theirH7218הַשָּׁמָיְמָה׃hashamayemahthe heavens towardsH8064
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