Job 2:9

Translations

Modern

Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”

Traditional

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

Literal

And his wife said to him, “Are you still holding firmly onto your integrity? Curse God and die!”

Latin

Dixit autem illi uxor sua: Adhuc tu permanes in simplicitate tua? Benedic Deo, et morere.

Original

Hebrew

English

Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”

Notes

Job 2:9

Job's wife first summarized Job's temptation by echoing God's words. Job was trying to "retain his integrity" (2:3). In her frustration and pain, she then advised Job to curse God. Without knowing it, she was asking Job to fulfill Satan's prediction (1:11; 2:5).

Job 1:1–2:13

God and Satan agree to test Job, which causes his troubles and confirms his integrity (1:20–21; 2:10). None of the book's characters ever learn of this council in heaven.

Theme notes and profiles

Satan Counsel from Others God or Satan?

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Job 2:5
But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
Job 2:3
Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
2 Kings 6:33
While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
Malachi 3:14
You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
1 Kings 11:4
For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Job 21:14–15
Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
Job 1:11
But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
Genesis 3:12
And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

Glossary

Boil Book of Job Teman (Place)

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Forsaken by Friends in Instances of Blasphemy: Job's Wife, when She Exhorted Job to Curse God and Die Diseases: Regarded As Visitations Faithfulness: Job Job: A Man Who Lived in Uz: Trial of, by Affliction of Satan Job's Wife Resignation: Bodily Suffering Resignation: Exemplified Temptation: A Test Wives: Bad: Job's Wife Women: Job's Wife, in Suggesting to Him That he Curse God and Die

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