Job 2:7-10

7 So Satan left the Lord's presence and infected Job with incurable boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.^[a]

8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.^[b]

9 His wife said to him, "Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!"

10 "You speak as a foolish woman speaks," he told her. "Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?" Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.^[c]

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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Dt 28:27,35
• [b]. in mourning; Jb 42:6; 2 Sm 13:19
• [c]. Lit sin with his lips