Ayub 42:6

42:6 Therefore I despise myself, ¹ 

and I repent in dust and ashes!

Ayub 42:2

42:2 “I know that you can do all things;

no purpose of yours can be thwarted;

1 Samuel 13:19

13:19 A blacksmith could not be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had said, “This will prevent the Hebrews from making swords and spears.”

Yesaya 61:3

61:3 to strengthen those who mourn in Zion,

by giving them a turban, instead of ashes,

oil symbolizing joy, ²  instead of mourning,

a garment symbolizing praise, ³  instead of discouragement. ⁴ 

They will be called oaks of righteousness, ⁵ 

trees planted by the Lord to reveal his splendor. ⁶ 

Yehezkiel 27:30

27:30 They will lament loudly ⁷  over you and cry bitterly.

They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes; ⁸ 

Yunus 3:6

3:6 When the news ⁹  reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.

Matius 11:21

11:21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! ¹⁰  Woe to you, Bethsaida! If ¹¹  the miracles ¹²  done in you had been done in Tyre ¹³  and Sidon, ¹⁴  they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

[42:6]  ¹ tn Or “despise what I said.” There is no object on the verb; Job could be despising himself or the things he said (see L. J. Kuyper, “Repentance of Job,” VT 9 [1959]: 91-94).

[61:3]  ² tn Heb “oil of joy” (KJV, ASV); NASB, NIV, NRSV “the oil of gladness.”

[61:3]  ³ tn Heb “garment of praise.”

[61:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “a faint spirit” (so NRSV); KJV, ASV “the spirit of heaviness”; NASB “a spirit of fainting.”

[61:3]  ⁵ tn Rather than referring to the character of the people, צֶדֶק (tsedeq) may carry the nuance “vindication” here, suggesting that God’s restored people are a testimony to his justice. See v. 2, which alludes to the fact that God will take vengeance against the enemies of his people. Cf. NAB “oaks of justice.”

[61:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “a planting of the Lord to reveal splendor.”

[27:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “make heard over you with their voice.”

[27:30]  ⁸ tn Note a similar expression to “roll in the ashes” in Mic 1:10.

[3:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “word” or “matter.”

[11:21]  ¹⁰ sn Chorazin was a town of Galilee that was probably fairly small in contrast to Bethsaida and is otherwise unattested. Bethsaida was declared a polis by the tetrarch Herod Philip, sometime after a.d. 30.

[11:21]  ¹¹ tn This introduces a second class (contrary to fact) condition in the Greek text.

[11:21]  ¹² tn Or “powerful deeds.”

[11:21]  ¹³ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[11:21]  ¹⁴ sn Tyre and Sidon are two other notorious OT cities (Isa 23; Jer 25:22; 47:4). The remark is a severe rebuke, in effect: “Even the sinners of the old era would have responded to the proclamation of the kingdom, unlike you!”

[11:21]  map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.