Job 2:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

And he tooke a potsharde to scrape him, and he sate downe among the ashes.

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  • Job 42:6 : 6 Therefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.
  • Ezek 27:30 : 30 And shall cause their voyce to be heard against thee, and shal cry bitterly, and shal cast dust vpon their heads, & wallow theselues in the ashes.
  • Jonah 3:6 : 6 For worde came vnto the King of Nineueh, and he rose from his throne, and he layed his robe from him, and couered him with sackecloth, and sate in ashes.
  • Matt 11:21 : 21 Woe be to thee, Chorazin: Woe be to thee, Bethsaida: for if ye great workes, which were done in you, had bene done in Tyrus and Sidon, they had repented long agone in sackecloth and ashes.
  • Luke 16:20-21 : 20 Also there was a certaine begger named Lazarus, which was laide at his gate full of sores, 21 And desired to bee refreshed with the crommes that fell from the riche mans table: yea, and the dogges came and licked his sores.
  • Ps 38:5 : 5 My woundes are putrified, and corrupt because of my foolishnes.
  • Ps 38:7 : 7 For my reines are full of burning, and there is nothing sound in my flesh.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 To appoint vnto them that mourne in Zion, and to giue vnto them beautie for ashes, the oyle of ioye for mourning, the garment of gladnesse for the spirit of heauinesse, that they might be called trees of righteousnesse, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
  • Jer 6:26 : 26 O daughter of my people, girde thee with sackecloth, and wallowe thy selfe in the ashes: make lamentation, and bitter mourning as for thine onely sonne: for the destroier shall suddenly come vpon vs.
  • 2 Sam 13:19 : 19 And Tamar put ashes on her head and rent the garment of diuers colours which was on her, and layde her hand on her head, and went her way crying.
  • Job 19:14-17 : 14 My neighbours haue forsaken me, and my familiars haue forgotten me. 15 They that dwel in mine house, and my maydes tooke me for a stranger: for I was a stranger in their sight. 16 I called my seruant, but he would not answere, though I prayed him with my mouth. 17 My breath was strange vnto my wife, though I prayed her for the childrens sake of mine owne body.

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    2 Then the Lord sayde vnto Satan, Whence commest thou? And Satan answered the Lorde, and sayd, From compassing the earth to and fro, and from walking in it.

    3 And the Lord sayd vnto Satan, Hast thou not considered my seruant Iob, how none is like him in the earth? an vpright and iust man, one that feareth God, and escheweth euill? for yet he continueth in his vprightnesse, although thou mouedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

    4 And Satan answered the Lorde, and sayde, Skin for skin, and all that euer a man hath, will he giue for his life.

    5 But stretch now out thine hand, and touch his bones and his flesh, to see if he will not blaspheme thee to thy face.

    6 Then the Lorde said vnto Satan, Lo, he is in thine hand, but saue his life.

    7 So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord, and smote Iob with sore boyles, from the sole of his foote vnto his crowne.

  • Job 30:19
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    19 He hath cast me into the myre, and I am become like ashes and dust.

  • Job 2:9-10
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    9 Then said his wife vnto him, Doest thou continue yet in thine vprightnes? Blaspheme God, and dye.

    10 But he said vnto her, Thou speakest like a foolish woman: what? shall we receiue good at the hande of God, and not receiue euill? In all this did not Iob sinne with his lippes.

  • Job 1:20-21
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    20 Then Iob arose, and rent his garment, and shaued his head, and fel downe vpon the ground, and worshipped,

    21 And sayd, Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I returne thither: the Lord hath giuen, and the Lord hath taken it: blessed be the Name of the Lord.

  • Job 42:6-8
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    6 Therefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.

    7 Now after that the Lord had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, ye Lord also said vnto Eliphaz ye Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for yee haue not spoken of me the thing that is right, like my seruant Iob.

    8 Therefore take vnto you nowe seuen bullockes, and seuen rammes, and go to my seruant Iob, and offer vp for your selues a burnt offring, and my seruant Iob shall pray for you: for I wil accept him, least I should put you to shame, because ye haue not spoken of me the thing, which is right, like my seruant Iob.

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    16 He hath also broken my teeth with stones, and hath couered me with ashes.

  • Job 1:6-12
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    6 Nowe on a day when the children of God came and stoode before the Lorde, Satan came also among them.

    7 Then the Lord sayde vnto Satan, Whence commest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, saying, From compassing the earth to and fro, and from walking in it.

    8 And the Lord saide vnto Satan, Hast thou not considered my seruant Iob, how none is like him in the earth? an vpright and iust man, one that feareth God, and escheweth euill?

    9 Then Satan answered the Lord, and sayde, Doeth Iob feare God for nought?

    10 Hast thou not made an hedge about him and about his house, & about all that he hath on euery side? thou hast blessed the worke of his hands, & his substance is increased in the land.

    11 But stretch out now thine hand & touch all that he hath, to see if he will not blaspheme thee to thy face.

    12 Then the Lorde sayde vnto Satan, Lo, all that he hath is in thine hand: onely vpon himselfe shalt thou not stretch out thine hand. So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.

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    15 I haue sowed a sackcloth vpon my skinne, and haue abased mine horne vnto the dust.

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    8 And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron, Take your handfull of ashes of the fornace, and Moses shall sprinkle them towarde the heauen in the sight of Pharaoh,

    9 And they shall be turned to dust in all the land of Egypt: and it shalbe as a scab breaking out into blisters vpon man, and vpon beast, thorow out all the land of Egypt.

    10 Then they tooke ashes of the fornace, and stoode before Pharaoh: and Moses sprinkled them towarde the heauen, and there came a scab breaking out into blisters vpon man, and vpon beast.

  • Job 19:1-2
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    1 Bvt Iob answered, and said,

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  • Job 3:1-2
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    1 Afterward Iob opened his mouth, and cursed his day.

    2 And Iob cryed out, and sayd,

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    4 My flesh and my skinne hath he caused to waxe olde, and he hath broken my bones.

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    1 Bvt Iob answered, and said,

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    21 Haue pitie vpon me: haue pitie vpon me, (O yee my friendes) for the hande of God hath touched me.

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    1 Moreouer Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,

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