Job 2:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.

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  • Job 42:6 : 6 For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.
  • Ezek 27:30 : 30 And their voices will be sounding over you, and crying bitterly they will put dust on their heads, rolling themselves in the dust:
  • Jonah 3:6 : 6 And the word came to the king of Nineveh, and he got up from his seat of authority, and took off his robe, and covering himself with haircloth, took his seat in the dust.
  • Matt 11:21 : 21 Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you, Beth-saida! For if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have been turned from their sins in days gone by, clothing themselves in haircloth and putting dust on their heads.
  • Luke 16:20-21 : 20 And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds, 21 Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.
  • Ps 38:5 : 5 My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.
  • Ps 38:7 : 7 For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.
  • Jer 6:26 : 26 O daughter of my people, put on haircloth, rolling yourself in the dust: give yourself to sorrow, as for an only son, with most bitter cries of grief; for he who makes waste will come on us suddenly.
  • 2 Sam 13:19 : 19 And Tamar, in her grief, put dust on her head; and she put her hand on her head and went away crying loudly.
  • Job 19:14-17 : 14 My relations and my near friends have given me up, and those living in my house have put me out of their minds. 15 I am strange to my women-servants, and seem to them as one from another country. 16 At my cry my servant gives me no answer, and I have to make a prayer to him. 17 My breath is strange to my wife, and I am disgusting to the offspring of my mother's body.

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    2And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.

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    4And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.

    5But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.

    6And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.

    7And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.

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    19Truly God has made me low, even to the earth, and I have become like dust.

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    20Then Job got up, and after parting his clothing and cutting off his hair, he went down on his face to the earth, and gave worship, and said,

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    6For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

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