Job 2:8

8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.

Job 2:8 in Other Translations

KJV
8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
ESV
8 And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in the ashes.
NLT
8 Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes.
MSG
8 They itched and oozed so badly that he took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself, then went and sat on a trash heap, among the ashes.
CSB
8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.

Job 2:8 In-Context

6 The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.”
7 So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.
9 His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”
10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Genesis 18:27; Esther 4:3; Job 16:15; Job 19:9; Job 30:19; Job 42:6; Psalms 7:5; Isaiah 58:5; Isaiah 61:3; Jeremiah 6:26; Lamentations 3:29; Ezekiel 26:16; Ezekiel 27:30; Jnh 3:5-8,6; Matthew 11:21
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