Job 2:9 KJV — MannaFest

Job 2:9

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

KJV

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ASV

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.

WEB

Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”

YLT

And his wife saith to him, `Still thou art keeping hold on thine integrity: bless God and die.'

DBT

And his wife said to him, Dost thou still remain firm in thine integrity? curseGod and die.

About this book

Old Testament

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Job — The canonical wisdom-literature interrogation of undeserved suffering. A prose frame enclosing three cycles of dialogue, a late Elihu interrupt, and a whirlwind theophany that does not answer the question — it relativizes it.

Author: Anonymous. Talmudic tradition names Moses (Bava Batra 14b); internal features (patriarchal setting, no Mosaic Law reference, Job sacrificing as family head, *qesitah* currency of Gen 33:19) suggest patriarchal-era composition or at least tradition-origin.
Date: Traditional: patriarchal period, c. 2000–1800 BC. Critical proposals scatter across pre-exilic to post-exilic. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer takes the position.

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21 verses on the floor

2 Corinthians 4:8
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
Job 2:5
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Job 2:3
And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
2 Corinthians 2:11
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
2 Kings 6:33
And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; what should I wait for the Lord any longer?

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The Jews (who covet much to be wise above what is written) say that Job's wife was Dinah, Jacob's daughter: so the Chaldee paraphrase. It is not likely that she was; but, whoever it was, she was to him like Michal to David, a scoffer at his piety.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

(See on Job 1:5) [UMBREIT]. However, it was usual among the heathens, when disappointed in their prayers accompanied with offerings to their gods, to reproach and curse them. and die--that is, take thy farewell of God and so die. For no good is to be got out of religion, either here or hereafter; or, at least, not in this life [GILL];

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Then said his wife - Whom Satan spared, to be a troubler and tempter to him. It is his policy, to send his temptations by the hands of those that are dear to us.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

JOB 2:9JOB 2:5 JOB 1:11
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JOB 2:9MAL 3:14 ISA 58:3
JOB 2:9MAL 3:14 PSA 73:8-13
JOB 2:9MAL 3:14 ZEP 1:12
JOB 2:91KI 11:4 1KI 9:4
JOB 2:9JOB 2:3 JOB 27:5-6
JOB 2:9MAL 3:14 JOB 35:3
JOB 2:9JOB 2:3 JAS 1:12

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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