Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Job 2:8
a potsherd—not a piece of a broken earthen vessel, but an instrument made for scratching (the root of the Hebrew word is "scratch"); the sore was too disgusting to touch. "To sit in the ashes" marks the deepest mourning (Jonah 3:6); also humility, as if the mourner were nothing but dust and ashes; so Abraham (Genesis 18:27).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 2:8:
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Job 2:7
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