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So[a] he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and he sat in the midst of the ashes.

Then[b] his wife said to him, “Are you still persisting in your blamelessness? Curse[c] God and die.”

10 So[d] he said to her, “You speak like one of the foolish women speaks. Indeed, should we receive the good from God, but[e] not receive the evil?” In all this, Job did not sin with his lips.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:8 Hebrew “And”
  2. Job 2:9 Hebrew “And”
  3. Job 2:9 Literally “Bless”—negative meaning by context
  4. Job 2:10 Hebrew “And”
  5. Job 2:10 Or “and”