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Job 2:9

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7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

10 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.

11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to 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 put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

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  • Job 2:3

    And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

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  • 2 Kings 6:33

    And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?

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  • Malachi 3:14

    Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

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  • 1 Kings 11:4

    For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

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  • Genesis 3:6

    And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

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  • Job 21:14–15

    Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

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  • Job 1:11

    But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

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