Job 2:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.”
Job 2:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 2:8 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Job 2:8 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Job 2:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.”
Job 2:8 — World English Bible
Job 2:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.”
Job 2:8 — American Standard Version
Job 2:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.”
Job 2:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 2:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat among the ashes.”
Job 2:8 — Darby Translation
Job 2:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And he tooke a potsharde to scrape him, and he sate downe among the ashes.”
Job 2:8 — Geneva Bible
Job 2:8 in Context — Job 2
6 And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
What Does Job 2:8 Mean?
Job 2:8 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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