20 Then Job arose, (A)tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he (B)fell to the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said:

(C)“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked shall I return there.
The Lord (D)gave, and the Lord has (E)taken away;
(F)Blessed be the name of the Lord.”

22 (G)In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong.

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And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself (A)while he sat in the midst of the ashes.

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? [a]Curse God and die!”

10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. (B)Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” (C)In all this Job did not (D)sin with his lips.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:9 Lit. Bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5

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