Job 2:12
Douay-Rheims
And when they had lifted up their eyes afar off, they knew him not, and crying out they wept, and rending their garments they sprinkled dust upon their heads towards heaven.
Rashi
but they did not recognize him because his face had changed as a result of the agonies.
towards heaven i.e., high over their heads. That was their mourning custom.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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1105 · Job 2:12
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