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Job 2:9

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7 So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

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

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

10 “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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
KJV
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
WEB
Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.”
ASV
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.
DARBY
And his wife said to him, Dost thou still remain firm in thine integrity? curse God and die.
BLB
And his wife said to him, “Are you still holding firmly onto your integrity? Curse God and die!”
ÅB
Da sa hans hustru til ham: Holder du deg enda like ulastelig? Si Gud farvel og dø!
OTB
Hans kone sa til ham: «Holder du fortsatt fast på din integritet? Forbann Gud og dø!»
B1930
Da sa hans hustru til ham: Holder du dig ennu like ulastelig? Si Gud farvel og dø!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Job 2:5

    But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

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  • Job 2:3

    Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

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  • 2 Kings 6:33

    While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”

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  • Malachi 3:14

    You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?

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  • 1 Kings 11:4

    For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

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  • Genesis 3:6

    When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

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  • Job 21:14–15

    Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

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  • Job 1:11

    But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

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