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Job Chapter 2 verse 9 Holy Bible

ASV Job 2:9

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.
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BBE Job 2:9

And his wife said to him, Are you still keeping your righteousness? Say a curse against God, and put an end to yourself.
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DARBY Job 2:9

And his wife said to him, Dost thou still remain firm in thine integrity? curse God and die.
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KJV Job 2:9

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
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WBT Job 2:9

Then said his wife to him, Dost thou still retain thy integrity? curse God, and die.
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WEB Job 2:9

Then his wife said to him, "Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die."
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YLT Job 2:9

And his wife saith to him, `Still thou art keeping hold on thine integrity: bless God and die.'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Job's wife had said nothing when the other calamities had taken place - then she had "refrained her tongue, and kept silence," though probably with some difficulty. Now she can endure no longer. To see her husband so afflicted, and so patient under his afflictions, is more than she can bear. Her mind is weak and ill regulated, and she suffers herself to become Satan's ally and her husband's worst enemy. It is noticeable that she urges her husband to do exactly that which Satan had suggested that he would do (Job 1:11; Job 2:5), and had evidently wished him to do, thus fighting on his side, and increasing her husband's difficulties The only other mention of her (Job 19:17) implies that she was rather a hindrance than a help to Job. Curse God, and die; i.e. "renounce God, put all regard for him away from thee, even though he kill thee for so doing." Job's wife implies that death is preferable to such a life as Job now leads and must expect to lead henceforward.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) Then said his wife.--Thus it is that a man's foes are they of his own household (Micah 7:6; Matthew 10:36, &c.). The worst trial of all is when those nearest to us, instead of strengthening our hand in God and confirming our faith, conspire to destroy it.