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


In Context

5 But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.|

6 Yahweh said to Satan, |Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.|

7 So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.

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

9 Then his wife said to him, |Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.|

10 But he said to her, |You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?| In all this Job didn't sin with his lips.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:8Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat 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 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.