Job 2:13 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.

English ASV

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.

English Amplified

So they sat down with [Job] on the ground for seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief and pain were very great.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

So they sat down with [Job] on the ground for seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief and pain were very great.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Then they sat on the ground with him seven days and nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering was very intense.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights; and none spoke a word to him; for they saw that [his] anguish was very great.

English EASY 2024

For a whole week, they sat on the ground near Job. They knew that his pain was very bad. So all that time, they did not say anything to him.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Then they sat on the ground with Job for seven days and seven nights. They didn't say a word, because they saw he was in so much pain.

And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Then they sat there on the ground with him for seven days and nights without saying a word, because they saw how much he was suffering.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him because they saw that he was in such great pain.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Then they sat on the ground with him seven days and nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering was very intense.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Then they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights. Meanwhile, no one was speaking to him at all because they saw that his pain was severe.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Then they sat down upon the ground with him seven days and seven nights, but none of them spoke a word to him; for they saw how great was his suffering.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him. That's because they saw how much he was suffering.

English NIV

Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.

English NKJ 1982

So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

English NLT

Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and nights. And no one said a word, for they saw that his suffering was too great for words.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

They sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Then they sat upon the ground with him silently for seven days and nights, no one speaking a word; for they saw that his suffering was too great for words.

English Tyndale 1537

They sat them down by him also upon the ground seven days and seven nights. Neither was there any of them that spake one word unto him, for they saw that his pain was very great.