Job 2:9
Then said his wife to him, Dost thou still retain thy integrity? curse God, and die.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
In Context
8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with it ; and he sat down among the ashes.
Cross References
Genesis 3:6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise; she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
Judges 14:17And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she urged him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
2 Kings 6:33And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is from the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
Job 2:3And the LORD said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and shunneth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
Job 21:14Therefore they say to God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
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 →