Job 2:3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 The Lord said to the satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him, blameless and upright, fearing God and avoiding evil.(A) He still holds fast to his innocence although you incited me against him to ruin him for nothing.”
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Job 2:9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 Then his wife said to him,(A) “Are you still holding to your innocence? Curse God and die!”[a]
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- 2:9 Curse God and die: the presupposition is that such blasphemy would be met with immediate death.
Deuteronomy 32:39
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
39 See now that I, I alone, am he,
and there is no god besides me.
It is I who bring both death and life,
I who inflict wounds and heal them,
and from my hand no one can deliver.(A)
Wisdom 16:15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 Your hand no one can escape.
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