Verse 8

And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat down among the ashes.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Job tok et stykke skrap for å skrape seg, mens han satt i støvet.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og han tok seg et potteskår for å skrape seg med det mens han satt i asken.

• Norsk King James

  Og han tok en skår av et leirkar for å skrape seg, og han satte seg ned blant asken.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Job tok et potteskår for å skrape seg med mens han satt midt i asken.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Job tok et potteskår for å skrape seg med, der han satt i asken.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og han tok seg en potteskår for å skrape seg med, mens han satt blant asken.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Job tok seg en pottebit for å skrape seg med, og han satt blant asken.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og han tok seg en potteskår for å skrape seg med, mens han satt blant asken.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Job tok en gamle potteskår for å skrape seg med, der han satt midt i asken.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Job.2.8", "source": "וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֣וֹ חֶ֔רֶשׂ לְהִתְגָּרֵ֖ד בּ֑וֹ וְה֖וּא יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּתוֹךְ־הָאֵֽפֶר׃", "text": "*wə-yiqqaḥ*-*lô ḥeres lə-hiṯgārēḏ bô wə-hûʾ yōšēḇ bə-ṯôḵ*-the-*ʾēp̄er*.", "grammar": { "*wə-yiqqaḥ*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3ms - and he took", "*lô*": "preposition + 3ms suffix - for himself", "*ḥeres*": "noun masculine singular - potsherd", "*lə-hiṯgārēḏ*": "preposition + hithpael infinitive construct - to scrape himself", "*bô*": "preposition + 3ms suffix - with it", "*wə-hûʾ*": "conjunction + personal pronoun 3ms - and he", "*yōšēḇ*": "qal participle masculine singular - sitting", "*bə-ṯôḵ*": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct - in the midst of", "*ʾēp̄er*": "noun masculine singular - ashes" }, "variants": { "*ḥeres*": "potsherd/piece of broken pottery", "*lə-hiṯgārēḏ*": "to scrape himself/to scratch himself", "*yōšēḇ bə-ṯôḵ-ʾēp̄er*": "sitting in ashes/sitting in the dust-heap (sign of mourning)" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Job tok et potteskår for å skrape seg med, mens han satt i asken.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han tog sig et Potteskaar til at skrabe sig dermed, og han sad midt i Asken.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og han tok seg et potteskår for å skrape seg med, og han satte seg ned blant asken.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han tok seg et potteskår for å skrape seg med mens han satt blant asken.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Job tok et potteskår og skrapte seg med det mens han satt i asken.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og han tok en pottskår for å skrape seg med, og han satt blant asken.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og han tok et knust stykke av et krus, og sittende i støvet, gned han seg med dets skarpe kant.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  so that he sat vpon the grounde in the asshes, and scraped of the etter off his sores with a potsherde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he toke a potsharde to scrape hym: and he sat downe among the asshes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• 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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.

Referenced Verses

• Job 42:6 : 6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
• Ezek 27:30 : 30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
• Jonah 3:6 : 6 For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
• Matt 11:21 : 21 Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
• Luke 16:20-21 : 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
• Ps 38:5 : 5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.
• Ps 38:7 : 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease, and there is no health in my flesh.
• Isa 61:3 : 3 To appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.
• Jer 6:26 : 26 O daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make lamentation, 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 tore her garment of many colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
• Job 19:14-17 : 14 My relatives have failed, and my close friends have forgotten me. 15 Those who dwell in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight. 16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I pleaded with him with my mouth. 17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I pleaded for the children's sake of my own body.