Job 2:8

In 11 translations

BSB

And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

And he tooke a potsharde to scrape him, and he sate downe among the ashes.

JPS

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

LXXE

And he took a potsherd to scrape away the discharge, and sat upon a dung-heap outside the city.

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WLC

וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֣וֹ חֶ֔רֶשׂ לְהִתְגָּרֵ֖ד בּ֑וֹ וְה֖וּא יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּתוֹךְ־הָאֵֽפֶר׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἔλαβεν ὄστρακον, ἵνα τὸν ἰχῶρα ξύῃ, καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐπὶ τῆς κοπρίας ἔξω τῆς πόλεως.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 42:6Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
• Jonah 3:6When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
• Ezekiel 27:30They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
• Matthew 11:21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
• Psalms 38:5My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
• Luke 16:20–21And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
• Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
• 2 Samuel 13:19And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying bitterly.
• Job 19:14–17My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me. My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight. I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with…
• Psalms 38:7For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
• Isaiah 61:3to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the…

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