King James Version
Job 2:8 in the King James Version says “And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.” — study this verse from Job chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.”
Job 2:8 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. but: or, only
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
KJV Study — Public Domain
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“himself withal and he sat down”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
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