Job 2:8
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 2
“And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.”Job 2:8
What Does Job 2:8 Mean?
Job 2:8 is found in the book of Job, chapter 2, verse 8 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Job 2:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 42:6“Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”1 Samuel 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’s, and he hath set the world upon them.”Ezekiel 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:”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.”Matthew 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.”Psalms 38:5“My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.”Luke 16:20“And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,”2 Samuel 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.”Job 19:14“My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.”Psalms 38:7“For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.”Isaiah 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.”Isaiah 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 acceptable day to the LORD?”Jeremiah 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.”1 Kings 20:41“And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.”Esther 4:1“When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;”Psalms 113:7“He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;”Isaiah 3:26“And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.”Isaiah 61:3“To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.”Lamentations 3:16“He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.”Micah 1:10“Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.”
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