Job 2:9

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 2:9 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 3:6When 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.
  2. Genesis 3:12And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
  3. Judges 14:17She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.
  4. 1 Kings 11:4For 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.
  5. 2 Kings 6:33While 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?”
  6. Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
  7. Job 2:3Then 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.”
  8. Job 2:5But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
  9. Job 21:14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
  10. Malachi 3:14You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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