Job 2:10

Job 2:10 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong.

Context of Job 2:10

8Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes. 9His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!” He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said. 11When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. 12When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads.

Job 2:10 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֶ֗יהָ כְּדַבֵּ֞ר אַחַ֤ת הַנְּבָלוֹת֙ תְּדַבֵּ֔רִי גַּ֣ם אֶת־הַטּ֗וֹב נְקַבֵּל֙ מֵאֵ֣ת הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וְאֶת־הָרָ֖ע לֹ֣א נְקַבֵּ֑ל בְּכָל־זֹ֛את לֹא־חָטָ֥א אִיּ֖וֹב בִּשְׂפָתָֽיו׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto her, Thou speakestדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• as oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• of the foolish womenנָבָלnâbâl · foolishH5036
• Whatגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• shall we receiveקָבַלqâbal · to receiveH6901
• goodטוֹבţôb · goodH2896
• at the hand of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• In all this did not Jobאִיּוֹב'îyôb · JobH347
• sinחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
• with his lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193

Cross-references for Job 2:10

• Genesis 3:17To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.
• 2 Samuel 19:22David replied, “What does this have to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? What right do you have to interfere? Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don’t I know that today I am king over Israel?”
• Matthew 16:23Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
• 2 Samuel 6:20When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”
• 2 Samuel 13:13What about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And what about you? You would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not keep me from being married to you.”
• 2 Samuel 24:10David was conscience-stricken after he had counted the fighting men, and he said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, Lord, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing.”
• 2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war.”
• Proverbs 9:6Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.”
• Matthew 25:2Five of them were foolish and five were wise.
• Job 1:1In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.
• 2 Samuel 19:28All my grandfather’s descendants deserved nothing but death from my lord the king, but you gave your servant a place among those who eat at your table. So what right do I have to make any more appeals to the king?”
• Lamentations 3:38Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?
• John 18:11Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?”
• Romans 12:12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
• Hebrews 12:9Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!
• James 5:10Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

Commentaries on Job 2:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Thou speakest as one of the foolish - Thou speakest like an infidel; like one who has no knowledge of God, of religion, or of a future state. The Targum, who calls this woman Dinah, translates thus: "Thou speakest like one of those women who have wrought folly in the house of their father." This is in reference to an ancient rabbinical opinion, that Job lived in the days of the patriarch Jacob, whose daughter Dinah he had married. Shall we receive good…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10As one of the foolish women speaketh - The word here rendered “foolish” נבל nâbâl from נבל nâbêl means properly stupid or foolish, and then wicked, abandoned, impious - the idea of “sin” and “folly” being closely connected in the Scriptures, or sin being regarded as supreme folly; 1 Samuel 25:25; 2 Samuel 3:33; Psalm 14:1; Psalm 53:2. The Arabs still use the word with the same compass of signification. “Gesenius.” The word is used here in the sense of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-10Verses 7-10 The devil tempts his own children, and draws them to sin, and afterwards torments, when he has brought them to ruin; but this child of God he tormented with affliction, and then tempted to make a bad use of his affliction. He provoked Job to curse God. The disease was very grievous. If at any time we are tried with sore and grievous distempers, let us not think ourselves dealt with otherwise than as God sometimes deals with the best of his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Job accepted both good and bad things from God, showing his right relationship and faith in God (righteousness) (compare 1:21; 2 Samuel 12:16–20; Luke 22:42). By saying nothing wrong, Job controlled his tongue (Proverbs 13:3; 21:23; see James 3:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. the foolish women--Sin and folly are allied in Scripture (1Sa 25:25; 2Sa 13:13; Psa 14:1). receive evil--bear willingly (La 3:39).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 2:10

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Faithfulness
• Job
• Resignation
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• God
• Job
• Comfort
• Lip
• Potsherd
• Receive
• Scrape
• Speak
• Fool; Folly
• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings