Job 2:8
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And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
In other translations
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
Hebrew words
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