Job 2:12
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
and they lift up their eyes from afar and have not discerned him, and they lift up their voice and weep, and rend each his robe, and sprinkle dust on their heads—heavenward.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
When they lifted
וַיִּשְׂא֨וּ (way·yiś·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

up their eyes
עֵינֵיהֶ֤ם (‘ê·nê·hem)
Noun - cdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

from afar,
מֵרָחוֹק֙ (mê·rā·ḥō·wq)
Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7350: Remote, of place, time, precious

they could barely
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

recognize [Job].
הִכִּירֻ֔הוּ (hik·kî·ru·hū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5234: To regard, recognize

They began to weep
וַיִּבְכּ֑וּ (way·yiḇ·kū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1058: To weep, to bemoan

aloud,
וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ (way·yiś·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

and each man
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

tore
וַֽיִּקְרְעוּ֙ (way·yiq·rə·‘ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7167: To rend

his robe
מְעִל֔וֹ (mə·‘i·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4598: A robe

and threw
וַיִּזְרְק֥וּ (way·yiz·rə·qū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2236: Be here and there, scatter, sprinkle, strew

dust
עָפָ֛ר (‘ā·p̄ār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

into the air
הַשָּׁמָֽיְמָה׃ (haš·šā·mā·yə·māh)
Article | Noun - masculine plural | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

his head.
רָאשֵׁיהֶ֖ם (rā·šê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7218: The head

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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