Holy Scripture
Job 2:13
A church father on this verse
“HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION. 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. Whether they sat with the afflicted Job for seven days and seven nights together, or possibly for seven days and as many nights kept by him in as…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
13And 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.
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In context
11Now his three friends having heard of all the evil that was come upon him, Came to him each from his own country: Eliphaz the king of the Temanites, Bildad sovereign of the Shuhites, Zophar king of the Minaeans: And they came to him with one accord, To comfort and to visit him.
12And when they saw him from a distance they did not know him; And they cried with a loud voice, and wept, And rent every one his garment, And sprinkled dust upon their heads,
— Job 2:13 —