Job 2:8

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September 23, 2025
KJV
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
BSB
And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
WEB
He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
YLT
And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.
F.O.G Original
F.O.G
F.O.G MSG
⁸Then Job took a piece of broken potteryᵇ and scraped himself with it as he sat in the ashesᶜ.

Footnotes:

<sup8bBroken pottery: A piece of ceramic or clay vessel used as a scraping tool to relieve the itching and pain from the sores.

<sup8cAshes: Sitting in ashes was a sign of mourning, humiliation, and repentance in ancient Middle Eastern culture.

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