So Satan left the Lord’s presence and infected Job with terrible boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.(A) Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.[a](B)

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.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:8 This custom demonstrated mourning.
  2. Job 2:10 Lit sin with his lips

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.(A) Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.(B)

His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity?(C) Curse God and die!”(D)

10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[a] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(E)

In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.