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Job took a broken piece of pottery to scrape his wounds, and while he sat in the ashes just outside of town, his wife found him.

Job’s Wife: Will you still not swerve in your commitments? Curse God and die!

Job: 10 You’re speaking nonsense like some depraved woman. Are we to accept the good that comes from God, but not accept the bad?

Throughout all of this, Job did not sin with his mouth; he would not curse God as the Accuser predicted.

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Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.(A)

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

10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[a] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(D)

In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.