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

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

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Footnotes

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

10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

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I form the light and create darkness,(A)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;(B)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

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I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

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42 “This is what the Lord says: As I have brought all this great calamity(A) on this people, so I will give them all the prosperity I have promised(B) them.

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42 For thus saith the Lord; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.

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