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Job 2:8

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8Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes. hi

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Footnotes

  1. h2:8 This custom demonstrated mourning.

Cross references

  1. i2:8 2Sm 13:19; Jb 42:6

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in the ashes.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.

NLTNew Living Translation

Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and he sat in the midst of the ashes.

KJV 1900King James Version

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