Job 2:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 2:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 2:8 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 2:8 — KJV
“And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.”
— Job 2:8 (KJV)
Job 2:8 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 2:8
“But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.”
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“And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.”
Shares key themes with Job 2:8: took, sat, down
“And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.”
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“So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.”
Shares key themes with Job 2:8: himself, sat, down
“Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.”
Shares key themes with Job 2:8: himself, sat, down
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