Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Job 42:6 in English Standard Version "therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”" Ge 18:27 Abraham answered and said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. Job 2:8 And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in the ashes. Job 30:19 God has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.