Job 2:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 2:8

6 ^aAnd the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”

7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils ^afrom the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

8 And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself ^awhile he sat in the midst of the ashes.

9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity?¹ Curse God and die!”

10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. ^aShall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” ^bIn all this Job did not ^csin with his lips.

Job’s Three Friends

11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one came from his own place—Eliphaz the ^aTemanite, Bildad the ^bShuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come ^cand mourn with him, and to comfort him.

12 And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and ^asprinkled dust on his head toward heaven.

Verse Comparison: Job 2:8

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

Amplified® Bible
And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself, and he sat [down] among the ashes.

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

Darby English Version
And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat among the ashes.

Good News Bible
Job went and sat by the garbage dump and took a piece of broken pottery to scrape his sores.

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

New American Standard Bible
And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.

New International Version
Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.

New King James Version
And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself while he sat in the midst of the ashes.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.

Revised Standard Version
And he took a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and sat among the ashes.

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.

New English Translation
Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape¹ himself² with while he was sitting³ among the ashes.⁴

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