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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Job 1:20

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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1:20 Job tore his robe and shaved his head; both were common Near East rituals that demonstrated grief. These actions sometimes substituted for self-mutilation as a physical response to shock, horror, or bad news (2:12; Gen 37:29, 34; Judg 11:35; Jer 16:6; Ezek 7:18; Amos 8:10). • He fell to the ground, not to wail in despair, but to worship in hope (1 Pet 5:6).
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