Devine Scripture

Job 2:8

Job chapter 2 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.7So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

v.8This passage

v.9Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 16:20

    and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,

  • 2 Samuel 13:19

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

  • Job 42:6

    Wherefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.

  • 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 may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.

  • Psalms 38:7

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

  • 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.