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Job 2:8
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Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.
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Job 2:8 in Other Translations
KJV
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And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
ESV
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And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in the ashes.
NLT
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Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes.
MSG
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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
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Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.
Job 2:8 In-Context
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The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.”
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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.
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Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.
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His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”
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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.
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Genesis 18:27
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Esther 4:3
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Job 16:15
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Job 19:9
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Job 30:19
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Job 42:6
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Psalms 7:5
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Isaiah 58:5
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Isaiah 61:3
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Jeremiah 6:26
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Lamentations 3:29
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Ezekiel 26:16
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Ezekiel 27:30
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Jnh 3:5-8,6
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Matthew 11:21
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