King James Version

Job 2:8

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

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וַיִּֽקַּֽחvayiqachand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and take”, the next action in the storyH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.ל֣וֹlvotoל֣וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toחֶ֔רֶשׂcheresearthחֶרֶשׂnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH2789a piece of potteryearth(-en), (pot-) sherd, [phrase] stone.לְהִתְגָּרֵ֖דlehitgaredto scrapeגָּרַדpreposition, verb, hithpael, infinitive construct — “to scrape”, the to-form of the verbH1623to abradescrape.בּ֑וֹbvoinבּ֑וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in”inוְה֖וּאvehuand as for herהוּאconjunction, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.יֹשֵׁ֥בyoshevdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, participle, absolute — “dwell”, a verb used as a describing wordH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…בְּתוֹךְbetokhein amongתָּוֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in among”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8432a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centreamong(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).הָאֵֽפֶרhaeferthe ashesאֵפֶרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the ashes”, the ordinary formH665ashesashes.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat among the ashes.

Douay-Rheims

And he took a potsherd and scraped the corrupt matter, sitting on a dunghill.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he took a potsherd to scrape away the discharge, and sat upon a dung-heap outside the city.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔλαβεν ὄστρακον, ἵνα τὸν ἰχῶρα ξύῃ, καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐπὶ τῆς κοπρίας ἔξω τῆς πόλεως.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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