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He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
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An Image of Utter Misery
Commentators explain that Job's actions were both practical and symbolic. He used a broken piece of pottery to scrape the pus from his sores, likely because he was isolated with no one to care for him. Sitting in ashes was a common cultural sign of deep mourning, painting a vivid picture of a once-great man reduced to the most miserable and humiliating state.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And he took him a potsherd – The word used here חרשׁ chârâsh means a fragment of a broken vessel; see the notes at Isaia…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with it His mouth was shut, his lips were silent, not one murmuring and…
The devil tempts his own children, draws them to sin, and afterwards torments them when he has brought them to ruin. But this child of God, he torm…
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13th Century
Catholic
When Satan had received the power, he proceeded to execute it. The text continues, “So Satan went forth from the face of the Lord and afflicted…
