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Job 2:9-11
New Catholic Bible
Job 2:9-11
New Catholic Bible
9 Then his wife said to him, “When will you give up persisting in your integrity? Curse God and die!” 10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. If we accept good things from God, should we not be willing to accept sorrows as well?” In all this, Job did not utter a single sinful word.
11 The Three Friends.[a] When three of Job’s friends heard of all the misfortunes that he had endured, each of them set out from his own home—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. After they gathered together, they went forth to console and comfort him.[b]
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- Job 2:11 In the presence of Job, disfigured by suffering, his friends make use of rites of penitence and sorrow in common use: loud weeping, tearing of cloaks, throwing dirt over one’s head, and long silent prostration (see Gen 50:10; Jos 7:6; 2 Sam 1:2, 11; 3:31).
- Job 2:11 Teman, Shuh, and Naamath were in Arabia, a land noted at that time for its wise men (see Prov 30:1; Jer 49:7; Ob 8-9; Bar 3:22f).
Job 2:9-11
New International Version
Job 2:9-11
New International Version
9 His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity?(A) Curse God and die!”(B)
10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[a] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(C)
In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(D)
11 When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite,(E) Bildad the Shuhite(F) and Zophar the Naamathite,(G) heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.(H)
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- Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.
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