Job 2:13
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.
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Barnes' Notes
So they sat down with him upon the ground; - see Job 1:20, note; Job 2:8, note; compare Ezr 9:3, “I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head, and my beard, and sat down…
We have here an account of the kind visit which Job's three friends paid him in his affliction. The news of his extraordinary troubles spread into all parts, he being an eminent man both for greatness…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
none spake a word Being overwhelmed by the affecting sight before them; as the Author adds: they saw that the grief, i. e. the pain or affliction, was very great. Comp. Eze 3:15. The length of time…
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