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Job 2:8-13

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8 And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while 1he was sitting among the ashes.
9 Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!"
10 But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. 2Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?" 3In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the 4Temanite, Bildad the 5Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to 6sympathize with him and comfort him.
12 When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them 7tore his robe and they 8threw dust over their heads toward the sky.
13 9Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
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Job 2:8-13 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 9

  • 1. Job 42:6; Jeremiah 6:26; Ezekiel 27:30; Jonah 3:6
  • 2. Job 1:21
  • 3. Job 1:22; Psalms 39:1; James 1:12
  • 4. Genesis 36:11; Job 6:19; Jeremiah 49:7
  • 5. Genesis 25:2
  • 6. Job 42:11; Romans 12:15
  • 7. Job 1:20
  • 8. Joshua 7:6; Nehemiah 9:1; Lamentations 2:10; Ezekiel 27:30
  • 9. Genesis 50:10; Ezekiel 3:15
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