Job 2:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁸ And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat among the ashes.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself, and he sat [down] among the ashes.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.

Common English Bible

⁸ Job took a piece of broken pottery to scratch himself and sat down on a mound of ashes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ So he took a shard of earthenware and scraped the discharge, while sitting on a heap of refuse.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And he took a potsherd and scraped the corrupt matter, sitting on a dunghill.

Job 2:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 13:19

And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.

Esther 4:1

Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry:

Esther 4:3

And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Job 2:9

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.

Job 42:6

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent In dust and ashes.

Psalm 38:5

My wounds stink and are corrupt, Because of my foolishness.

Psalm 38:7

For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.

Isaiah 61:3

to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

Jeremiah 6:26

O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

Ezekiel 27:30

and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

Jonah 3:6

And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Matthew 11:21

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.