8 And he took ^ta piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in ^uthe ashes.

Job’s Three Friends

11 Now when Job’s three ^afriends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz ^bthe Temanite, Bildad ^cthe Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to ^dshow him sympathy and comfort him. 12 And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they ^etore their robes and sprinkled ^fdust on their heads toward heaven. 13 And they sat with him on the ground ^gseven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.