Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 2:8
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.Scrape — This he did not with soft linen clothes, either because he had not now a sufficient quantity of them; or because therein he must have had the help of others who abhorred to come near him. Nor with his own hands or fingers, which were also ulcerous, and so unfit for that use; but with potsherds, either because they were next at hand, and ready for his present use; or in token of his deep humiliation... read more
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 2:8
took him: Job 19:14-Esther :, Psalms 38:5, Psalms 38:7, Luke 16:20, Luke 16:21 he sat: Job 42:6, 2 Samuel 13:19, Isaiah 61:3, Ezekiel 27:30, Jonah 3:6, Matthew 11:21 Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:8 - the poor 1 Kings 20:41 - the ashes away Esther 4:1 - with ashes Job 7:5 - flesh Job 30:19 - dust Psalms 38:3 - soundness Psalms 41:8 - An evil disease Psalms 113:7 - needy Isaiah 1:6 - the sole Isaiah 3:26 - shall sit Isaiah 47:1 - down Isaiah 58:5 - to spread Lamentations 3:16 - covered me with ashes... read more