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Job 2

Job 2:8

Job Loses His Health · Job 2:1–10
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Translations

Modern
And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
Traditional
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
Literal
And he took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he was sitting in the midst of the ashes.
Latin
…qui testa saniem radebat, sedens in sterquilinio.

Original

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

Notes

Job 2:8

  • Job might have scraped his skin for relief. The ancient Greek Old Testament (Septuagint) says it was “to scrape away the pus.”

  • The ashes might refer to a place where they placed lepers in isolation. But Job was probably showing his grief and how desperate he was (30:19; Genesis 18:27; 2 Samuel 13:19; Isaiah 58:5; Jonah 3:6).

Job 1:1–2:13

God and Satan agree to test Job, which causes his troubles and confirms his integrity (1:20–21; 2:10). None of the book's characters ever learn of this council in heaven.

Theme notes and profiles

Satan God or Satan?

Events

Glossary

Apocalyptic Boil Book of Job Medicine and Medical Practice Pottery Teman (Place)

Topics

Ashes: Sitting In Boil of Job Diseases: Regarded As Visitations Job: A Man Who Lived in Uz: Trial of, by Affliction of Satan Potsherd: Fragment of Earthenware Resignation: Bodily Suffering Temptation: A Test