b. Worship—vv. 20–22 To this point Job hasn’t had a chance to respond. With quick-fire rapidity, one after another, before the depth of one tragedy has time to sink in and without so much as a moment’s break to catch his breath, the bad news breaks on him. Finally, though, … 1) he tears his robe—a common ritual of mourning and grief (cf. Gen. 37:29; Joshua 7:6); 2) he shaves his head—another symbol of sorrow, later forbidden by the Mosaic law; 3) he falls prostrate to the ground—not in despair but
Job 1:20–22