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Job 2:8

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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.

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.

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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.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Job 42:6

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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:

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  • 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.

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  • Luke 16:20–21

    And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

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  • Psalms 38:5

    My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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