Job 2:8
6 “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”
7 So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
9 Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
10 “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
- KJV
- And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
- 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.
- DARBY
- And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat among the ashes.
- BLB
- And he took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he was sitting in the midst of the ashes.
- ÅB
- Og han tok seg et potteskår og skrapte seg med, der han satt midt i asken.
- OTB
- Da tok Job et stykke knust keramikk for å skrape seg mens han satt blant asken.
- B1930
- Og han tok sig et potteskår og skrapte sig med, der han satt midt i asken.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 42:6
Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
Read in contextJonah 3:6
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Read in contextEzekiel 27:30
They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
Read in contextMatthew 11:21
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Read in contextLuke 16:20–21
And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores
Read in contextPsalms 38:5
My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
Read in context2 Samuel 13:19
And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying bitterly.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
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