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Berean Standard Bible

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

Job 2:8

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Satan has struck Job with painful sores from head to foot. Job's wife urges him to curse God and die, but he rebukes her.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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

World English Bible (WEB)

He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.

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.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y tomaba una teja para rascarse con ella, y estaba sentado en medio de ceniza.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Y Job, sentado en medio de las cenizas, tomó un pedazo de teja para rascarse constantemente.

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