Job 2:8

And he took a potsherd to scrape away the discharge, and sat upon a dung-heap outside the city.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

In Context

7So the devil went out from the Lord, and struck Job with sore boils from his feet to his head.

9And when much time had passed, his wife said to him, How long will you hold out, saying, Behold, I wait yet a little while, expecting the hope of my deliverance? for, behold, your memorial is abolished from the earth, even your sons and daughters, the pangs and pains of my womb which I bore in vain with sorrows; and you yourself sit down to spend the nights in the open air among the corruption of worms, and I am a wanderer and a servant from place to place and house to house, waiting for the setting of the sun, that I may rest from my labors and my pangs which now beset me: but say some word against the Lord, and die.

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Cross References

Esther 4:1But Mardochaeus having perceived what was done, tore his garments, and put on sackcloth, and sprinkled dust upon himself; and having rushed forth through the open street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, A nation that has done no wrong is going to be destroyed.

Job 19:14My nearest of kin have not acknowledged me, and they that knew my name, have forgotten me.

Psalms 38:5Behold, you have made my days + 38:5 Alex. a span long. old; and my existence is as nothing before you: nay, every man living is altogether vanity. Pause. 1

Isaiah 61:3that there should be given to them that mourn in Sion glory instead of ashes, the + 61:3 Alex. reads καταστολὴν as one word. oil of joy to the mourners, + 61:3 Or, anointing. the garment of glory for the spirit of heaviness: and they shall be called generations of righteousness, the planting of the Lord for glory.

Ezekiel 27:30And they shall wail over you with their voice, and cry bitterly, and put earth on their heads, and spread ashes under them.

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 →

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