KJV King James Version
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
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Job 2:8
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
WEB World English Bible
He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
ASV American Standard Version
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.
Surrounding context — Job 2
5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he [is] in thine hand; but save his life.
7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
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Job 42:6Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.Ezekiel 27:30And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:Jonah 3:6For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered [him] with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.Matthew 11:21Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.Luke 16:20-21And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,Psalm 38:5My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.2 Samuel 13:19And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that [was] on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, gird [thee] with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, [as for] an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.Job 19:14-17My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.Psalm 38:7For my loins are filled with a loathsome [disease]: and [there is] no soundness in my flesh.Isaiah 61:3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
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