Job 2:8

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Job 2:8

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Job 2

⁶ “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”

⁷ So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

⁸ And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.

⁹ Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”

¹⁰ “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

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