Job 2:8 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat among the ashes.
Webster's Bible (WBT)
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with it; and he sat down among the ashes.
World English Bible (WEB)
He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.
| And he took | וַיִּֽקַּֽח | wayyiqqaḥ | va-YEE-KAHK |
| him a potsherd | ל֣וֹ | lô | loh |
| himself scrape to | חֶ֔רֶשׂ | ḥereś | HEH-res |
| withal; and he | לְהִתְגָּרֵ֖ד | lĕhitgārēd | leh-heet-ɡa-RADE |
| sat down | בּ֑וֹ | bô | boh |
| among | וְה֖וּא | wĕhûʾ | veh-HOO |
| the ashes. | יֹשֵׁ֥ב | yōšēb | yoh-SHAVE |
| בְּתוֹךְ | bĕtôk | beh-TOKE | |
| הָאֵֽפֶר׃ | hāʾēper | ha-A-fer |