Job 2:8
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
In context
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.
Job 2:8 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
- KJV King James Version
- And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
- WEB World English Bible
- He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat among the ashes.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with it ; and he sat down among the ashes.