And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
Job 2:8 belongs to the account in which, after the loss of his earthly possessions and children, Job was left to Satan's permitted assault and smitten with severe bodily affliction, covered with sores and racked with great pain. Those sores and that great pain were not the result of a sinful course of life, nor did they mean that God had forsaken him. His friends and relatives misjudged his condition, wrongly accusing him of bringing the suffering upon himself, rejecting him in his affliction and regarding him as an object of loathing.
Despite his suffering and rejection, Job remained loyal and faithful to God through the test. In time God vindicated that loyalty by rewarding him, lifting him up and showing him even greater favor than before.
Job 2:8 belongs to the account in which, after the loss of his earthly possessions and children, Job was left to Satan's permitted assault and smitten with severe bodily affliction, covered with sores and racked with great pain. Those sores and that great pain were not the result of a sinful course of life, nor did they mean that God had forsaken him. His friends and relatives misjudged his condition, wrongly accusing him of bringing the suffering upon himself, rejecting him in his affliction and regarding him as an object of loathing.
Despite his suffering and rejection, Job remained loyal and faithful to God through the test. In time God vindicated that loyalty by rewarding him, lifting him up and showing him even greater favor than before.