Job 2:8
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
KJV
qui testa saniem radebat, sedens in sterquilinio.
Vulgate
καὶ ἔλαβεν ὄστρακον ἵνα τὸν ἰχῶρα ξύῃ, καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐπὶ τῆς κοπρίας ἔξω τῆς πόλεως.
LXX
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
ASV
וַ/יִּֽקַּֽח ל֣/וֹ חֶ֔רֶשׂ לְ/הִתְגָּרֵ֖ד בּ֑/וֹ וְ/ה֖וּא יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּ/תוֹךְ הָ/אֵֽפֶר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵֽפֶר
'pr
noun · 21×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הִתְגָּרֵ֖ד
htgrd
verb · 1×
חָ֑רֶשׂ
chrsh
noun · 17×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 2:8 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’
- 2Sam 13:19 — And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
- Ezek 27:30 — And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
- Isa 47:1 — Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
- Isa 58:5 — Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acce
- Jer 6:26 — 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 spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
- Job 19:14 — My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
- Job 42:6 — Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
- Job 42:6 — Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
- Jonah 3:6 — For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
- Jonah 3:6 — For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
- Luke 16:20 — And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
- Matt 11:21 — Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, 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.
- Ps 38:5 — My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
- Ps 38:7 — For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.