Job 2:9
Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
In Context
8Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself with, and he sat down in the middle of ashes.
Cross References
Genesis 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. Then she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Judges 14:17She cried during the seven days that their feast lasted. On the seventh day he told her the answer because she pressured him very much. She told the answer to the relatives of her people.
2 Kings 6:33While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. The king had said, “Behold, this trouble comes from Yahweh. Why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?”
Job 2:3Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. He still holds fast to his integrity, although you misled me against him, to destroy him without cause.”
Job 21:14They say to God, 'Depart from us 1 for we do not wish any knowledge of your ways. 1
Matthew Henry on Job 2:8-11
Job Smitten with Disease; The Affliction of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord , and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. 8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. 9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. 10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive… Read the whole commentary →