And he took a [a]potsherd to scrape him, and he sat down among the ashes.

Then said his [b]wife unto him, Dost thou [c]continue yet in thine uprightness? [d]Blaspheme God, and die.

10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest like a foolish woman: what? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and not [e]receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his [f]lips.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:8 As destitute of all other help and means, and wonderfully afflicted with the sorrow of his disease.
  2. Job 2:9 Satan useth the same instrument against Job, as he did against Adam.
  3. Job 2:9 Meaning, what gainest thou to serve God, seeing he thus plagueth thee, as though he were thine enemy? This is the most grievous temptation of the faithful, when their faith is assailed, and when Satan goeth about to persuade them that they trust in God in vain.
  4. Job 2:9 For death was appointed to the blasphemer, and so she meant that he should soon be rid out of his pain.
  5. Job 2:10 That is, to be patient in adversity, as we rejoice when he sendeth prosperity, and so to acknowledge him to be both merciful and just.
  6. Job 2:10 He so bridled his affections, that his tongue through impatience did not murmur against God.

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