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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Job 2:8

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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2:8 Job might have scraped his skin to relieve itching; the Greek Old Testament says that it was “to scrape away the pus.” • The ashes might refer to a place where lepers were quarantined, but Job was probably demonstrating his grief and dismay (30:19; Gen 18:27; 2 Sam 13:19; Isa 58:5; Jon 3:6).
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