Job 2:9-10

9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still ¹hold fast your integrity? ²Curse God and die. ”

10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the ³foolish women would speak. ⁴Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil? ” ^{[a] 5}In all this Job did not ⁶sin with his lips.

Job 2:9-10 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. 2:9 ver. 3
• 2. 2:9 [See ver. 5 above]
• 3. 2:10 [Ps. 74:18, 22]
• 4. 2:10 [James 5:10, 11]
• 5. 2:10 ch. 1:22
• 6. 2:10 [Ps. 39:1]

Footnotes

• [a] 2:10 Or 'disaster'; also verse 11