Job 2:8

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

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Then Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to his crown.

9Then said his wife to him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Renounce God, and die.

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Cross References

Job 19:14My kinsfolk have forsaken me, And my bosom friends have forgotten me.

Psalms 38:5My wounds putrefy and are loathsome on account of my folly.

Isaiah 61:3To give gladness to the mourners in Zion; To give them a beautiful crown instead of ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, So that they shall be called blessed terebinth-trees, The plantation of Jehovah for his glory.

Ezekiel 27:30and shall cause their voice to be heard for thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast dust upon their heads, and roll themselves in ashes.

Matthew 11:21Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! for if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

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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