NET Bible
"Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes."
— Job 2:8, NET Bible
“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.”
“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 extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”
So the LORD said to Satan,“All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life.”
Job’s Integrity in Suffering So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.
Then his wife said to him,“Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!”
But he replied,“You’re talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?” In all this Job did not sin by what he said.
The Visit of Job’s Friends When Job’s three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country– Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to come to show sympathy for him and to console him.