Job 2:8
And he takes to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.
Literal Standard 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
9And his wife says to him, “You are still keeping hold on your integrity: bless God and die.”
Cross References
Esther 4:1And Mordecai has known all that has been done, and Mordecai tears his garments, and puts on sackcloth and ashes, and goes forth into the midst of the city and cries—a cry loud and bitter,
Job 19:14My neighbors have ceased || And my familiar friends have forgotten me,
Psalms 38:5Stunk—my wounds have become corrupt, || Because of my folly.
Isaiah 61:3To appoint to mourners in Zion, || To give to them beauty instead of ashes, || The oil of joy instead of mourning, || A covering of praise for a faded spirit, || And He is calling to them, Trees of righteousness, || The planting of YHWH—to be beautified.”
Ezekiel 27:30And have sounded with their voice for you, || And cry bitterly, and cause dust to go up on their heads, || They roll themselves in ashes;
Matthew 11:21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Because, if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago in sackcloth and ashes they had converted;
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 →