Job 2:7-10

7 So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and struck Job with loathsome ¹sores from ²the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

8 And he took ³a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in ⁴the ashes.

9 Then his wife said to him, "Do you still ⁵hold fast your integrity? ⁶Curse God and die."

10 But he said to her, "You speak as one of the ⁷foolish women would speak. ⁸Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?"^[a]9In all this Job did not ¹⁰sin with his lips.

Job 2:7-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 2

This chapter gives an account of a second trial of Job's constancy and integrity, the time and occasion of it, Job 2:1-3; the motion made for it by Satan, which being granted, he smote him from head to foot with sore boils, which he endured very patiently, Job 2:4-8; during which sad affliction he is urged by his wife to give up his integrity, which he bravely resisted, Job 2:9,10; and the chapter is concluded with an account of a visit of three of Job's friends, and of their conduct and behaviour towards him, Job 2:11-13.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 9:9; Leviticus 13:18; [Deuteronomy 28:27]
• 2. Deuteronomy 28:35; Isaiah 1:6
• 3. Job 41:30
• 4. Job 42:6; Ezekiel 27:30; Jonah 3:6; Matthew 11:21
• 5. ver. 3
• 6. [See ver. 5 above]
• 7. [Psalms 74:18, 22]
• 8. [James 5:10, 11]
• 9. Job 1:22
• 10. [Psalms 39:1]

Footnotes

• [a]. Or disaster; also verse 11