And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 2:8 · retained source text
And hee tooke him a potsheard to scrape himselfe withall; and hee sate downe among the ashes.
KJV dictionary & concordance
potsherd
Meaning of “potsherd”
A broken piece or fragment of an earthen or clay vessel.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
4 occurrences4 verses4 booksKJV PCE
First occurrence: Job 2:8
Complete exact-word concordance
Every verse containing “potsherd”
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 22:15 · retained source text
My strength is dried vp like a potsheard: and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 26:23 · retained source text
Burning lips, and a wicked heart, are like a potsheard couered with siluer drosse.
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 45:9 · retained source text
Woe vnto him that striueth with his maker: Let the potsheard striue with the potsheards of the earth: shal the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy worke, he hath no hands?
1611 marginal noteIer.18.6. rom.9.20.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Historical definitions
Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗A piece or fragment of a broken pot.