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Job 2:12

Job 2:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

knew him: Job 19:14; Ruth 1:19-21; Lamentations 4:7-8

their voice: Genesis 27:34; Judges 2:4; 1 Samuel 11:4, 1 Samuel 30:4; 2 Samuel 13:36; Esther 4:1

they rent: Job 1:20

sprinkled dust upon: Nehemiah 9:1; Lamentations 2:10; Ezekiel 27:30; Revelation 18:19

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