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

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