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.[a]

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  1. Job 2:10 Lit sin with his lips

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

Does a wise man answer with empty[a] counsel(A)
or fill himself[b] with the hot east wind?

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  1. Job 15:2 Lit windy; Jb 16:3
  2. Job 15:2 Lit his belly

“Would a wise person answer with empty notions
    or fill their belly with the hot east wind?(A)

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