King James Version with Apocrypha
"And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes."
— Job 2:8, King James Version with Apocrypha
“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.”
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine 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 unto his crown.
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
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.
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon 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.