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Job 2:9
9Then his wife said to him, “Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God and die!”
Job 2:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
- New International Version (NIV)His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!”
Context of Job 2:9
7So the satan departed from the presence of Adonai, and afflicted Job with painful boils, from the sole of his foot to the top of his head. 8He took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes. Then his wife said to him, “Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God and die!” 10He said to her, “You speak as any foolish woman would speak. Should we accept the good from God and not accept the bad?” Through all this Job did not sin with his lips. 11When Job’s three friends heard about all this calamity that had come upon him, each of them came from his own place—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to come and mourn with him and to comfort him.
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וַתֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ עֹדְךָ֖ מַחֲזִ֣יק בְּתֻמָּתֶ֑ךָ בָּרֵ֥ךְ אֱלֹהִ֖ים וָמֻֽת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 2:9
- Genesis 3:6Now the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a thing of lust for the eyes, and that the tree was desirable for imparting wisdom. So she took of its fruit and she ate. She also gave to her husband who was with her and he ate.
- 1 Kings 11:4For it came about, as Solomon grew old, that his wives led his heart away after other gods, so that his heart was no longer wholly devoted to Adonai his God, unlike the heart of his father David.
- Job 2:3Then Adonai said to the satan, “Have you noticed My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and spurns evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, though you incited Me against him to ruin him without any reason.”
- Job 21:14Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We have no desire to know Your ways.
- 2 Kings 6:33While he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. So the king said, “Look! This evil is from Adonai—why should I wait for Adonai any longer?”
- Malachi 3:14You say: “Serving God is worthless.” Also: “What good is it that we kept His service or that we walked as mourners before Adonai-Tzva’ot?
- Job 2:5But now, stretch out Your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will certainly curse You to Your face!”
- Job 1:11But now, stretch out Your hand and strike everything he has, and he will certainly curse You to Your face!”
Commentaries on Job 2:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Then said his wife - To this verse the Septuagint adds the following words: "Much time having elapsed, his wife said unto him, How long dost thou stand steadfast, saying, 'Behold, I wait yet a little longer looking for the hope of my Salvation?' Behold thy memorial is already blotted out from the earth, together with thy sons and thy daughters, the fruits of my pains and labors, for whom with anxiety I have labored in vain. Thyself also sittest in the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Then said his wife unto him - Some remarkable additions are made by the ancient versions to this passage. The Chaldee renders it, “and “Dinah” (דינה dı̂ynâh ), his wife, said to him.” The author of that paraphrase seems to have supposed that Job lived in the time of Jacob, and had married his daughter Dinah; Genesis 30:21. Drusius says, that this was the opinion of the Hebrews, and quotes a declaration from the Gemara to this effect: “Job lived in the…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. 9Job's wife first summarized Job's temptation by echoing God's words. Job was trying to "retain his integrity" (2:3). In her frustration and pain, she then advised Job to curse God. Without knowing it, she was asking Job to fulfill Satan's prediction (1:11; 2:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-139. curse God--rather, "renounce" God. (See on Job 1:5) [Umbreit]. However, it was usual among the heathens, when disappointed in their prayers accompanied with offerings to their gods, to reproach and curse them. and die--that is, take thy farewell of God and so die. For no good is to be got out of religion, either here or hereafter; or, at least, not in this life [Gill]; Nothing makes the ungodly so angry as to see the godly under trial not angry.Read the comment
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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
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