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Job 1

Job 1:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then Job
'Iyowb (Hebrew #347)
hated (i.e. persecuted); Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
KJV usage: Job.
Pronounce: ee-yobe'
Origin: from 340
arose
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
, and rent
qara` (Hebrew #7167)
to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
KJV usage: cut out, rend, X surely, tear.
Pronounce: kaw-rah'
Origin: a primitive root
d his ηmantle
m`iyl (Hebrew #4598)
a robe (i.e. upper and outer garment)
KJV usage: cloke, coat, mantle, robe.
Pronounce: meh-eel'
Origin: from 4603 in the sense of covering
, and shaved
gazaz (Hebrew #1494)
to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy
KJV usage: cut off (down), poll, shave, ((sheep-)) shear(-er).
Pronounce: gaw-zaz'
Origin: a primitive root (akin to 1468)
his head
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
, and felle down
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
upon the ground
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, and worshipped
shachah (Hebrew #7812)
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
KJV usage: bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.
Pronounce: shaw-khaw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Gen. 37:29• 29And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his garments, (Gen. 37:29)
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or, robe.
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1 Peter 5:6• 6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in the due time; (1 Peter 5:6)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gen. 37:29,34• 29And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his garments,
 34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days. (Gen. 37:29,34)
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Ezra 9:3• 3And when I heard this thing, I rent my mantle and my garment, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down overwhelmed. (Ezra 9:3)
mantle.
or robe.
fell.
Deut. 9:18• 18And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights,--I ate no bread and drank no water,--because of all your sin which ye had sinned, in doing what is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. (Deut. 9:18)
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2 Sam. 12:16‑20• 16And David besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
 17And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he ate no bread with them.
 18And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice; and how shall we say to him, The child is dead? he may do some harm.
 19But David saw that his servants whispered, and David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
 20Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing, and entered into the house of Jehovah and worshipped; then he came to his own house and required them to set bread before him, and he ate. (2 Sam. 12:16‑20)
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2 Chron. 7:3• 3And all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah upon the house, and bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshipped and thanked Jehovah: For he is good, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever. (2 Chron. 7:3)
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Matt. 26:39• 39And going forward a little he fell upon his face, praying and saying, My Father, if it be possible let this cup pass from me; but not as *I* will, but as *thou* wilt. (Matt. 26:39)
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1 Peter 5:6• 6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in the due time; (1 Peter 5:6)
• When the climax is reached, he meets it in the dignity of a man of faith, yet with a tender, broken heart. Rent mantle and shorn head are the marks of a mourner. (“Job 1-2” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Job rose up, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshipped;