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Job 2:12 Strong Concordance And when they lifted up [05375] their eyes [05869] afar off [07350], and knew [05234] him not, they lifted up [05375] their voice [06963], and wept [01058]; and they rent [07167] every one [0376] his mantle [04598], and sprinkled [02236] dust [06083] upon their heads [07218] toward heaven [08064].
  King James And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
toward heaven--They threw ashes violently upwards, that they might fall on their heads and cover them--the deepest mourning (Jos 7:6; Act 22:23).
 
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23 And [1161] as they [846] cried out [2905], and [2532] cast off [4495] their clothes [2440], and [2532] threw [906] dust [2868] into [1519] the air [109],
6 And Joshua [03091] rent [07167] his clothes [08071], and fell [05307] to the earth [0776] upon his face [06440] before [06440] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068] until the eventide [06153], he and the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and put [05927] dust [06083] upon their heads [07218].
30 And shall cause their voice [06963] to be heard [08085] against thee, and shall cry [02199] bitterly [04751], and shall cast up [05927] dust [06083] upon their heads [07218], they shall wallow [06428] themselves in the ashes [0665]:
6 And Joshua [03091] rent [07167] his clothes [08071], and fell [05307] to the earth [0776] upon his face [06440] before [06440] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068] until the eventide [06153], he and the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and put [05927] dust [06083] upon their heads [07218].
12 And there ran [07323] a man [0376] of Benjamin [01144] out of the army [04634], and came [0935] to Shiloh [07887] the same day [03117] with his clothes [04055] rent [07167], and with earth [0127] upon his head [07218].
1 Now in the twenty [06242] and fourth [0702] day [03117] of this month [02320] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were assembled [0622] with fasting [06685], and with sackclothes [08242], and earth [0127] upon them.
10 The elders [02205] of the daughter [01323] of Zion [06726] sit [03427] upon the ground [0776], and keep silence [01826]: they have cast up [05927] dust [06083] upon their heads [07218]; they have girded [02296] themselves with sackcloth [08242]: the virgins [01330] of Jerusalem [03389] hang down [03381] their heads [07218] to the ground [0776].
20 Then Job [0347] arose [06965], and rent [07167] his mantle [04598], and shaved [01494] his head [07218], and fell down [05307] upon the ground [0776], and worshipped [07812],
16 And it came to pass, when David [01732] had made an end [03615] of speaking [01696] these words [01697] unto Saul [07586], that Saul [07586] said [0559], Is this thy voice [06963], my son [01121] David [01732]? And Saul [07586] lifted up [05375] his voice [06963], and wept [01058].
9 The LORD [03068] grant [05414] you that ye may find [04672] rest [04496], each [0802] of you in the house [01004] of her husband [0376]. Then she kissed [05401] them; and they lifted up [05375] their voice [06963], and wept [01058].
4 And it came to pass, when the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] spake [01696] these words [01697] unto all the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that the people [05971] lifted up [05375] their voice [06963], and wept [01058].
11 And Jacob [03290] kissed [05401] Rachel [07354], and lifted up [05375] his voice [06963], and wept [01058].
38 And Esau [06215] said [0559] unto his father [01], Hast thou but one [0259] blessing [01293], my father [01]? bless [01288] me, even me also, O my father [01]. And Esau [06215] lifted up [05375] his voice [06963], and wept [01058].
12 And there ran [07323] a man [0376] of Benjamin [01144] out of the army [04634], and came [0935] to Shiloh [07887] the same day [03117] with his clothes [04055] rent [07167], and with earth [0127] upon his head [07218].