His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”

Job's wife had said nothing when the other calamities had taken place - then she had "refrained her tongue, and kept silence," though probably with some difficulty. Now she can endure no longer. To see her husband so afflicted, and so patient under his afflictions, is …

Job 2:9 English Revised Version Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die. 聖經寶庫 (Treasury of Scripture)

Job's wife had said nothing when the other calamities had taken place - then she had "refrained her tongue, and kept silence," though probably with some difficulty. Now she can endure no longer. To see her husband so afflicted, and so patient under his afflictions, is …

9 His wife said to him, "Are you still continuing to be faithful to the LORD? Speak evil things against him and die!" dost thou still retain thine integrity?

Job 2:9 Interlinear: And his wife saith to him, 'Still thou art keeping hold on thine integrity: bless God and die.' wā·muṯ. Produced in Partnership with Discovery Bible. Click For Videos And Apply Hebrew Without Learning The Language. His wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!

2:9 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. We must therefore carefully watch, that we be not drawn to any evil, by them whom we love and value the most.

Job was exceedingly afflicted, and apparently dying through sore disease; yet his soul was filled with gratitude to God. His wife, destitute of the salvation which her husband possessed, gave him this ironical reproof.

2. (9-10) Job holds his integrity before his wife. Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!” But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips. a.

This passage proves significant both as a Septuagintal addition to the book of Job and as a Hellenistic Jewish interpretation of Job. On the one hand, it represents one of several additions in LXX Job, including the speech of Job's wife in 2:9, the identification of his friends as kings in 2:11, and the assertion of his resurrection in 49:17.