JOB 2:8 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Iyyov picked up a piece of broken pottery to scratch himself with as he sat down in the middle of a pile of ashes.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ ἔλαβεν ὄστρακον, ἵνα τὸν ἰχῶρα ξύῃ, καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐπὶ τῆς κοπρίας ἔξω τῆς πόλεως.
(Kai elaben ostrakon, hina ton iⱪōra xuaʸ, kai ekathaʸto epi taʸs koprias exō taʸs poleōs. )

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

ULT And he took for himself a shard to scrape himself with it, and he was sitting in the midst of the ash pile.

UST Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped the boils on his skin. He sat down in a pile of ashes outside the city.

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

OEB crown of his head with boils so grievous that he took a potsherd to scratch with; and, as he was

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.

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

FBV Job picked up a piece of broken pottery to scratch himself as he sat in ashes.

T4T Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped the boils on his skin, and he sat in ashes as people did when they were mourning for those who had died.

LEB So[fn] he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and he sat in the midst of the ashes.

2:8 Hebrew “And”

BBE And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

KJB-1769 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

KJB-1611 And hee tooke him a potsheard to scrape himselfe withall; and hee sate downe among the ashes.
(And he took him a potsheard to scrape himself withall; and he sat down among the ashes.)

Bshps And he toke a potsharde to scrape hym: and he sat downe among the asshes.
(And he took a potsharde to scrape him: and he sat down among the ashes.)

Gnva And he tooke a potsharde to scrape him, and he sate downe among the ashes.
(And he took a potsharde to scrape him, and he sat down among the ashes. )

Cvdl so that he sat vpon the grounde in the asshes, and scraped of the etter off his sores with a potsherde.
(so that he sat upon the ground in the ashes, and scraped of the etter off his sores with a potsherde.)

Wycl which Joob schauyde the quytere with a schelle, `and sat in the dunghil.
(which Yoob schauyde the quytere with a schelle, `and sat in the dunghil.)

Luth Und er nahm einen Scherben und schabte sich und saß in der Asche.
(And he took a Scherben and schabte itself/yourself/themselves and sat in the/of_the Asche.)

ClVg qui testa saniem radebat, sedens in sterquilinio.[fn]
(who testa saniem radebat, sitting in sterquilinio. )

2.8 Qui testa saniem radebat. Ibid. Testa ex luto fit, etc., usque ad sed deteriores qui elatione, ut uxor Job quæ superba suadet viro.

2.8 Who testa saniem radebat. Ibid. Testa from luto fit, etc., until to but deteriores who elatione, as wife Yob which superba suadet viro.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-unknown

חֶ֔רֶשׂ

potsherd

A shard was a piece of broken pottery. It had sharp edges, so Job could scrape himself with it. If your readers would not be familiar with what a shard is, in your translation you could use the name of a comparable object in your culture, or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “a sharp fragment of pottery”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לְ⁠הִתְגָּרֵ֖ד

to,scrape

The implication is that Job would scrape himself with the shard to clean his skin and to reduce the itching of the boils. You can provide this information in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “to scrape himself to clean his skin and to reduce the itching of the boils”

Note 3 topic: translate-symaction

וְ⁠ה֖וּא יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּ⁠תוֹךְ־הָ⁠אֵֽפֶר

and=he was_sitting in_the=middle the,ashes

In this culture, there was place outside the city where rubbish was brought and burned to dispose of it. This left a pile of ashes. Job was sitting in that pile as a symbolic action to show how distressed he was. It was a way of signifying that he no longer felt his life was worth anything. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of his action. Alternate translation: “he was sitting in the midst of the ash pile outside the city to show how distressed he was”

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