American King James Version
"And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat down among the ashes. ¶ "
— Job 2:8, American King James Version
“And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.”
“And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes. ”
“He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.”
“Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.”
“And he took a potsherd and scraped the corrupt matter, sitting on a dunghill.”
“And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.”
“And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.”
But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.
And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; but save his life. ¶
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to his crown.
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat down among the ashes. ¶
Then said his wife to him, Do you still retain your integrity? curse God, and die.
But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. 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. ¶
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come on him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.