Job 2:13
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And they sat with him on the ground seven day and seven nights and no man spoke to him a word: for they saw that his grief was very great.

they sat.

Ezra 9:3 And when I had heard this word, I rent my mantle and my coat, and plucked off the hairs of my head and my beard, and I sat down mourning.

Nehemiah 1:4 And when I had heard these words, I sat down, and wept, and mourned for many days: and I fasted, and prayed before the face of the God of heaven.

Isaiah 3:26 And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall sit desolate on the ground.

Isaiah 47:1 Come down, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldeans, for thou shalt no more be called delicate and tender.

seven days.

Genesis 1:5,8 And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning one day. . . .

Genesis 50:10 And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is situated beyond the Jordan: where celebrating the exequies with a great and vehement lamentation, they spent full seven days.

none spake.

Job 4:2 If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill; but who can withhold the words he hath conceived?

Psalm 77:4 My eyes prevented the watches: I was troubled, and I spoke not.

Context
Job's Three Friends
12And 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 toward heaven. 13And they sat with him on the ground seven day and seven nights and no man spoke to him a word: for they saw that his grief was very great.
Cross References
Genesis 50:10
And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is situated beyond the Jordan: where celebrating the exequies with a great and vehement lamentation, they spent full seven days.

Job 3:1
After this, Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,

Lamentations 2:10
Jod. The ancients of the daughter of Sion sit upon the ground, they have held their peace: they have sprinkled their heads with dust, they are girded with haircloth, the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

Ezekiel 3:15
And I came to them of the captivity, to the heap of new corn, to them that dwelt by the river Chobar, and I sat where they sat: and I remained there seven days mourning in the midst of them.

Lexicon
Then they sat
וַיֵּשְׁב֤וּ (way·yê·šə·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

on the ground
לָאָ֔רֶץ (lā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

with him
אִתּוֹ֙ (’it·tōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

for seven
שִׁבְעַ֥ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

days
יָמִ֖ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

and seven
וְשִׁבְעַ֣ת (wə·šiḇ·‘aṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

nights,
לֵיל֑וֹת (lê·lō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3915: A twist, night, adversity

but no
וְאֵין־ (wə·’ên-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

one spoke
דֹּבֵ֤ר (dō·ḇêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

a word
דָּבָ֔ר (dā·ḇār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

to
אֵלָיו֙ (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

him because
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

they saw
רָא֔וּ (rā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

how intense
מְאֹֽד׃ (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

his suffering
הַכְּאֵ֖ב (hak·kə·’êḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3511: Suffering, adversity

had become.
גָדַ֥ל (ḡā·ḏal)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1431: To grow up, become great


Additional Translations
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 had become.So 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 grief was very great.

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.

and they sat down beside him seven days and seven nights, and no one of them spoke; for they saw that his affliction was dreadful and very great.

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.

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.

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

So 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 grief was very great.

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.
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