Job 2:8
And he took a potsherd to scrape away the discharge, 1 And sat upon a dungheap outside the city. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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, 1 And smote Job with sore boils from his feet to his head. 1
9e But say some word against the Lord, and die. 1
Cross References
Job 19:14My nearest of kin have not acknowledged me, 1 And they that knew my name have forgotten me. 1
Psalms 38:5O Lord, make me to know mine end, 1 And the number of my days, what it is; 1 That I may know what I lack. 1
Isaiah 61:3that there should be given to them that mourn in Zion glory instead of ashes, the oil of joy to the mourners, 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 thee 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 →