Job 2:8

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Summary

Job 2:8

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

Took him

Job 19:14

Psalm 38:5

Luke 16:20

He sat

Bible References

Took him

My relatives have failed, and my close friends have forgotten me.

My wounds start to stink; they rot because of my foolishness.

And a certain poor man {named} Lazarus, covered with sores, lay at his gate,

He sat

Therefore I despise [myself] and repent in dust and ashes."

Tamar put ashes on her head, and she tore the long-sleeved robe which [was] on her. She put her hand on her head, and {she went away, crying out as she went}.

to {give} for those in mourning in Zion, to give them a head wrap instead of ashes, [the] oil of joy instead of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a faint spirit. And {they will be called} oaks of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, to show his glory.

and they will lament over you with their voice, and they will cry out bitterly, and they will throw dust on their heads, [and] they will roll in the dust.

And the news reached the king of Nineveh, and he rose from his throne and removed his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat in the ashes.

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.