Job 2:13
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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.Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
In other translations
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.Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
Hebrew words
וַיֵּשְׁבוּvaiyeshevuand they satH3427אִתּוֹ'itowith himH854לָאָרֶץla'aretzto the groundH776שִׁבְעַתshiv'atsevenH7651יָמִיםyamimdaysH3117וְשִׁבְעַתveshiv'atand sevenH7651לֵילוֹתleilotnightsH3915וְאֵין־ve'ein-and notH369דֹּבֵרdover[anyone was] speakingH1696אֵלָיו'elavto himH413דָּבָרdavara wordH1697כִּיkiforH3588רָאוּra'uthey sawH7200כִּי־ki-thatH3588גָדַלgadalit was greatH1431הַכְּאֵבhake'evthe painH3511מְאֹד׃me'odexceedinglyH3966
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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