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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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Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.(A) And he still maintains his integrity,(B) though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”(C)

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Then his wife said to him,(A) “Are you still holding to your innocence? Curse God and die!”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:9 Curse God and die: the presupposition is that such blasphemy would be met with immediate death.

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

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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)

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15 Your hand no one can escape.

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