Job 2:8
Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself with, and he sat down in the middle of ashes.
Unlocked Literal 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
9Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die.”
Cross References
Esther 4:1When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes. He went out into the middle of the city, and cried out with a loud and a bitter cry.
Job 19:14My kinsfolk have failed me; 1 my close friends have forgotten me. 1
Psalms 38:5My wounds are infected and smell 1 because of my foolish sins. 1
Isaiah 61:3He has sent me—to give to those who mourn in Zion—to give them a turban instead of ashes, 1 oil of joy instead of mourning, a mantle of praise in place of a spirit of dullness, 1 to call them oaks of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified. 1
Ezekiel 27:30Then they will make you listen to their voice and will wail bitterly; 1 they will cast dust up on their heads. They will roll about in ashes. 1
Matthew 11:21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the mighty deeds had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, 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 →