Job is struck with "loathsome sores" from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head (Job 2:7). He sits among the ashes and scrapes himself with a piece of broken pottery (Job 2:8).
In Job 2:7–8, the accuser leaves Yahweh’s presence and inflicts Job with painful skin sores covering his entire body, from feet to head. The story then slows down to show Job’s response: he uses a broken piece of pottery to scrape his irritated skin and takes his seat in ashes. These verses sit in the book’s opening narrative where the reader is shown actions and conversations Job does not hear. Just before this, the accuser receives permission to afflict Job’s body while being forbidden to take Job’s life (2:6), and these lines describe that permission being carried out.
The text presents a movement from a heavenly decision to an earthly consequence: the accuser leaves Yahweh’s presence and then Job’s body is afflicted (explicit).
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Job 2:7, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
7So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.