Job 2:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Then Job sat on the ash heap to show his sorrow. And while he was scraping his sores with a broken piece of pottery,

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:19

Tamar tore the robe she was wearing and put ashes on her head. Then she covered her face with her hands and cried loudly as she walked away.

Esther 4:1

When Mordecai heard about the letter, he tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. Then he covered his head with ashes and went through the city, crying and weeping.

Esther 4:3

In every province where the king's orders were read, the Jews cried and mourned, and they went without eating. Many of them even put on sackcloth and sat in ashes.

Job 2:9

his wife asked, “Why do you still trust God? Why don't you curse him and die?”

Job 42:6

That's why I hate myself and sit here in dust and ashes to show my sorrow.

Psalm 38:5

Because of my foolishness, I am covered with sores that stink and spread.

Psalm 38:7

Fever has my back in flames, and I hurt all over.

Isaiah 61:3

especially in Jerusalem. He sent me to give them flowers in place of their sorrow, olive oil in place of tears, and joyous praise in place of broken hearts. They will be called “Trees of Justice”, planted by the LORD to honour his name.

Jeremiah 6:26

and attacks without warning. So mourn, my people, as though your only child had died. Wear clothes made of sackcloth and roll in the ash heap.”

Ezekiel 27:30

mourning for you. They show their sorrow by putting dust on their heads and rolling in ashes;

Jonah 3:6

When the king of Nineveh heard what was happening, he also dressed in sackcloth; he left the royal palace and sat in dust.

Matthew 11:21

You people of Chorazin are in for trouble! You people of Bethsaida are in for trouble too! If the miracles that took place in your towns had happened in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have turned to God long ago. They would have dressed in sackcloth and put ashes on their heads.