Meanings of repent in dust in English

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

The next clause, 'I repent in dust and ashes,' carries the confession a step farther.

Well may I say with Job, 'I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.'

Nobody says, 'I am unfortunate, therefore I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.'

Do you know the further experience expressed in the subsequent words of the same quotation: 'Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes'?

He abhors himself for his murmurs, and " repents in dust and ashes."

But why can't we be friends-whynot, when I've repented in dust and ashes?

See him then at length abhorring himself, and " repenting in dust and ashes."

After some of the convulsive struggles of our irritable nature, he submitted himself, and repented in dust and ashes.

"Wherefore I abhor myself," says Job, "and repent in dust and ashes."

'I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.'

Her sins present themselves in array before her mind, and she "abhors herself, and repents in dust and ashes."