Job 2:8

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 42:6 : 6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.
  • Ezek 27:30 : 30 and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
  • Jonah 3:6 : 6 And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
  • Matt 11:21 : 21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
  • Luke 16:20-21 : 20 and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 and desiring to be fed with the [crumbs] that fell from the rich man's table; yea, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
  • Ps 38:5 : 5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.
  • Ps 38:7 : 7 For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
  • Jer 6:26 : 26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.
  • 2 Sam 13:19 : 19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.
  • Job 19:14-17 : 14 My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me. 15 They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight. 16 I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, [Though] I entreat him with my mouth. 17 My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.

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    4And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

    5But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.

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    7So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

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    6Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.

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