Job 2:8
Job picked up a piece of broken pottery to scratch himself as he sat in ashes.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
In Context
9His wife said to him, “Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!”
Cross References
Esther 4:1When Mordecai found out all that had happened, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and walked through the city, crying and wailing in grief.
Job 19:14My relatives have abandoned me; my close friends have forgotten me.
Psalms 38:5My wounds are infected—they're smelling—all because of my stupidity.
Isaiah 61:3The Lord will give to everyone who mourns in Zion a crown instead of ashes on their head, the oil of happiness instead of mourning, clothes of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of integrity, planted by the Lord to reveal his glory.
Ezekiel 27:30They shout out for you and burst out crying. They mourn for you by throwing dust on their heads and rolling in ashes.
Matthew 11:21“Shame on you, Korazin! Shame on you, Bethsaida! If the miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which happened among you, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago.
Matthew Henry on Job 2:8-11
Job Smitten with Disease; The Affliction of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 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. 8 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… Read the whole commentary →