Thematic Bible: Fragment of earthenware


Thematic Bible



And Job took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself, and he sat [down] among the ashes (rubbish heaps). Verse ConceptsAshesAshes Of Humiliation


“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who quarrels with his Maker—
A [worthless] piece of broken pottery among other broken pieces [equally worthless]!
Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or does the thing say, ‘He has no hands’?
Verse ConceptsCriticism, amongst believersArguingClaySurrenderingPresumptionPotteryAuthority, Belonging To GodAnimositySuing GodWoe To The WickedMan's Relationship With His Creatorstriving