Job 2:8
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
Job 2:8 in other translations
| BSB | And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes. |
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| WEB | He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes. |
| ASV | And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes. |
| YLT | And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes. |
| DARBY | And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat among the ashes. |
| BBE | And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it. |
| Webster | And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with it; and he sat down among the ashes. |
What does Job 2:8 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 2:7-10
The devil tempts his own children, and draws them to sin, and afterwards torments, when he has brought them to ruin; but this child of God he tormented with affliction, and then tempted to make a bad use of his affliction. He provoked Job to curse God. The disease was very grievous. If at any time we are tried with sore and grievous distempers, let us not think ourselves dealt with otherwise than as God sometimes…
Job 2:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 2:8
- Job 42:6
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
- Jonah 3:6
For 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.
- Ezekiel 27:30
And 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:
- Matthew 11:21
Woe 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 16:20-21
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
- Psalms 38:5
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
- 2 Samuel 13:19
And 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 6:26
O 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.
- Psalms 38:7
For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
- Job 19:14-17
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth. My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.
- Isaiah 61:3
To 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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Context
- Job 2:7
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.
- Job 2:8
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
- Job 2:9
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
Job 2:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tomaba una teja para rascarse con ella, y estaba sentado en medio de ceniza. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il prit un tesson pour s’en gratter, et il était assis dans la cendre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er nahm einen Scherben, um sich damit zu schaben; und er saß mitten in der Asche. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui testa saniem radebat, sedens in sterquilinio. |