Job 2:12

Verse Job 2:12. They rent every one his mantle] I have already had frequent occasions to point out and illustrate, by quotations from the ancients, the actions that were used in order to express profound grief; such as wrapping themselves in sackcloth, covering the face, strewing dust or ashes upon the head, sitting upon the bare ground, c., c. significant actions which were in use among all nations.