²⁰ Then Job arose, ^(A)tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he ^(B)fell to the ground and worshiped.

⁶ Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,

²⁹ Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he ^(A)tore his clothes.

³ So when I heard this thing, ^(A)I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked out some of the hair of my head and beard, and sat down ^(B)astonished.

¹⁶ David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and went in and ^(A)lay all night on the ground. ¹⁷ So the elders of his house arose and went to him, to raise him up from the ground. But he would not, nor did he eat food with them. ¹⁸ Then on the seventh day it came to pass that the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead. For they said, “Indeed, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not heed our voice. How can we tell him that the child is dead? He may do some harm!”

¹⁹ When David saw that his servants were whispering, David perceived that the child was dead. Therefore David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?”

And they said, “He is dead.”

²⁰ So David arose from the ground, washed and ^(B)anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he went into the house of the Lord and ^(C)worshiped. Then he went to his own house; and when he requested, they set food before him, and he ate.

³⁴ Then Jacob ^(A)tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and ^(B)mourned for his son many days.

¹⁸ And I ^(A)fell^[a] down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which you committed in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

³ When all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord on the temple, they bowed their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped and praised the Lord, saying:

³⁹ He went a little farther and fell on His face, and ^(A)prayed, saying, ^(B)“O My Father, if it is possible, ^(C)let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, ^(D)not as I will, but as You will.”