Job 2:10

8 And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.

9 Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”

“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

11 Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.

12 When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
KJV
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
WEB
But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.
ASV
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
DARBY
But he said to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. We have also received good from God, and should we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
BLB
And he said to her, “You speak like the speaking of one of the foolish women! Shall we receive the good from God, and not also receive the bad?” In all this, Job did not sin with his lips.
ÅB
Men han svarte: Du taler som en av de uforstandige kvinner; skal vi bare ta imot det gode av Gud og ikke også det onde? Under alt dette syndet Job ikke med sine lepper.
OTB
Han svarte: «Du taler som en av de tåpelige kvinnene. Skal vi ta imot det gode fra Gud, og ikke motgang?» I alt dette syndet ikke Job med sine lepper.
B1930
Men han svarte: Du taler som en av de uforstandige kvinner; skal vi bare ta imot det gode av Gud og ikke også det onde? Under alt dette syndet Job ikke med sine leber.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • James 1:12

    Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

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  • Lamentations 3:38–41

    Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

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  • Job 1:21–22

    saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

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  • Romans 12:12

    Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

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  • James 5:10–11

    Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

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  • Hebrews 12:9–11

    Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?

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  • Matthew 16:23

    But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”

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  • John 18:11

    “Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?”

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