8Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.


In Context

5 But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face."

6 The Lord said to Satan, "Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life."

7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.

9 His wife said to him, "Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!"

10 He replied, "You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?" In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

Job 2:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:8And he took a potsherd and scraped the corrupt matter, sitting on a dunghill.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat among the ashes.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat among the ashes.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with it; and he sat down among the ashes.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat down among the ashes.