Job 2:9-11
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
9 Then his wife said to him, ‘Do you still persist in your integrity? Curse[a] God, and die.’ 10 But he said to her, ‘You speak as any foolish woman would speak. Shall we receive the good at the hand of God, and not receive the bad?’ In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Job’s Three Friends
11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all these troubles that had come upon him, each of them set out from his home—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to go and console and comfort him.
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- Job 2:9 Heb Bless
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)
Footnotes
- Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.
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