Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
{So} he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and he sat in the midst of the ashes.
New American Standard Bible
And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while
King James Version
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
Holman Bible
Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.
International Standard Version
Job took a broken piece of pottery to scrape himself while sitting among the ashes.
A Conservative Version
And he took a potsherd for him to scrape himself with it, and he sat among the ashes.
American Standard Version
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
Amplified
And Job took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself, and he sat [down] among the ashes (rubbish heaps).
Bible in Basic English
And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.
Darby Translation
And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat among the ashes.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will take to him a pot sherd to scrape himself with it, and he will sit in the midst of the ashes.
King James 2000
And he took himself a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat down among the ashes.
Modern King James verseion
And he took a broken piece of pottery to scrape himself with. And he sat down among the ashes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
so that he sat upon the ground in the ashes, and scraped off the filth of his sores with a potsherd.
NET Bible
Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.
New Heart English Bible
He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
The Emphasized Bible
And he took him a potsherd, to scrape himself therewith; he being seated in the midst of ashes.
Webster
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with it; and he sat down among the ashes.
World English Bible
He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.
Themes
Diseases » Regarded as visitations
Job » A man who lived in uz » Trial of, by affliction of satan
Potsherd » Fragment of earthenware
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 2:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Blameless Behavior
7 So Satan went out from {Yahweh's presence}, and he inflicted Job with loathsome skin sores from the sole of his foot up to the crown of his head. 8 {So} he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and he sat in the midst of the ashes. 9 Then his wife said to him, "Are you still persisting in your blamelessness? {Curse} God and die."
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Cross References
Job 42:6
Therefore I despise [myself] and repent in dust and ashes."
Ezekiel 27:30
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.
Jonah 3:6
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.
Matthew 11:21
"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.
2 Samuel 13:19
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}.
Job 19:14-17
My relatives have failed, and my close friends have forgotten me.
Psalm 38:5
My wounds start to stink; they rot because of my foolishness.
Psalm 38:7
For my loins are full [of] burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
Isaiah 61:3
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.
Jeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people, gird yourself [with] sackcloth, and roll about in the ashes in mourning, a mourning ceremony [as for] an only child. Make for yourself wailing of bitterness, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
Luke 16:20-21
And a certain poor man {named} Lazarus, covered with sores, lay at his gate,