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Job 2:8-10
International Standard Version
Job 2:8-10
International Standard Version
8 Job[a] took a broken piece of pottery to scrape himself while sitting among the ashes.
Job Refuses to Curse God
9 Then his wife told him, “Do you remain firm in your integrity? Curse God and die!”
10 But he replied to her, “You’re talking like foolish women do. Are we to accept[b] what is good from God but not tragedy?”
Throughout all of this, Job did not sin by what he said.[c]
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Job 2:8-10
New International Version
Job 2:8-10
New International Version
8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.(A)
9 His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity?(B) Curse God and die!”(C)
10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[a] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(D)
In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(E)
Footnotes
- Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.
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