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Job 2:8

American Standard Version

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

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Job 2:8 in other translations

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

Job 2:8 · World English Bible

Job 2:8 in context

  1. 6And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.
  2. 7So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
  3. 8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
  4. 9Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.
  5. 10But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.