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Curse God and die!&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold firm your integrity? Curse God and die!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then his wife said to him, &#8220Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then his wife said to him, “Do you still cling to your integrity [and your faith and trust in God, without blaming Him]? Curse God and die!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />His wife said to him, “Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die! ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />His wife said to him, &#8220Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />his wife asked, "Why do you still trust God? Why don't you curse him and die?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />His wife asked him, "Are you still holding on to your principles? Curse God and die!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />His wife said to him, "You are still as faithful as ever, aren't you? Why don't you curse God and die?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then his wife told him, "Do you remain firm in your integrity? Curse God and die!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Job?s wife said to him, ?Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then his wife said to him, "Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then said his wife to him, Dost thou still retain thy integrity? curse God, and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And his wife says to him, “You are still keeping hold on your integrity: bless God and die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And his wife saith to him, 'Still thou art keeping hold on thine integrity: bless God and die.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And his wife will say to him, Yet thou art holding fast upon thine integrity: praise God and die.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And his wife said to him: Dost thou still continue in thy simplicity? bless God and die. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But his wife said to him, “Do you still continue in your simplicity? Bless God and die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then his wife said to him, “Are you still holding to your innocence? Curse God and die!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then his wife said to him, “Do you still persist in your integrity? Curse God, and die.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then his wife said to him, Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God, and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And his wife said to him: “Even now you hold to your integrity? Curse God and die!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then said his wife unto him: 'Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? blaspheme God, and die.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And when much time had passed, his wife said to him, How long wilt thou hold out, saying, Behold, I wait yet a little while, expecting the hope of my deliverance? for, behold, thy memorial is abolished from the earth, <i>even thy</i> sons and daughters, the pangs and pains of my womb which I bore in vain with sorrows; and thou thyself sittest down to spend the nights in the open air among the corruption of worms, and I am a wanderer and a servant from place to place and house to house, waiting for the setting of the sun, that I may rest from my labours and my pangs which now beset me: but say some word against the Lord, and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/2-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=308" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/2.htm">Job Loses His Health</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’iš·tōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">Then Job’s wife</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wat·tō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">to him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·ḏə·ḵā (Adv:: 2ms) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">“Do you still</a> <a href="/hebrew/2388.htm" title="2388: ma·ḥă·zîq (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong, obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer.">retain</a> <a href="/hebrew/8538.htm" title="8538: bə·ṯum·mā·ṯe·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Integrity. Feminine of tom; innocence.">your integrity?</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: bā·rêḵ (V-Piel-Imp-ms) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">Curse</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: wā·muṯ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">and die!”</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/3-6.htm">Genesis 3:6</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/21-25.htm">1 Kings 21:25</a></span><br />(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/19-13.htm">Proverbs 19:13</a></span><br />A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/21-9.htm">Proverbs 21:9</a></span><br />Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/27-15.htm">Proverbs 27:15</a></span><br />A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-5.htm">Micah 7:5-6</a></span><br />Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms. / For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-36.htm">Matthew 10:36</a></span><br />A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/19-29.htm">Matthew 19:29</a></span><br />And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/3-21.htm">Mark 3:21</a></span><br />When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/14-26.htm">Luke 14:26</a></span><br />“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/18-29.htm">Luke 18:29-30</a></span><br />“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God / will fail to receive many times more in this age—and in the age to come, eternal life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-33.htm">John 16:33</a></span><br />I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/14-22.htm">Acts 14:22</a></span><br />strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-35.htm">Romans 8:35-37</a></span><br />Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? / As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” / No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-12.htm">1 Corinthians 7:12-16</a></span><br />To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. / And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. / For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then said his wife to him, Do you still retain your integrity? curse God, and die.</p><p class="hdg">his wife.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/3-6.htm">Genesis 3:6,12</a></b></br> And when the woman saw that the tree <i>was</i> good for food, and that it <i>was</i> pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make <i>one</i> wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/11-4.htm">1 Kings 11:4</a></b></br> For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, <i>that</i> his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as <i>was</i> the heart of David his father.</p><p class="hdg">retain.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/2-3.htm">Job 2:3</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that <i>there is</i> none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/21-14.htm">Job 21:14,15</a></b></br> Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/6-33.htm">2 Kings 6:33</a></b></br> And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil <i>is</i> of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?</p><p class="hdg">curse God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/2-5.htm">Job 2:5</a></b></br> But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/1-11.htm">Job 1:11</a></b></br> But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/2-5.htm">Blaspheme</a> <a href="/job/2-5.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/job/2-5.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-11.htm">Die</a> <a href="/esther/9-24.htm">End</a> <a href="/esther/4-16.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-23.htm">Firm</a> <a href="/job/1-4.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/job/1-4.htm">Holding</a> <a href="/job/2-3.htm">Integrity</a> <a href="/job/1-8.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-7.htm">Maintain</a> <a href="/job/2-5.htm">Renounce</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-9.htm">Retain</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-8.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/esther/6-13.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/74-10.htm">Blaspheme</a> <a href="/job/31-20.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/job/3-8.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/job/3-11.htm">Die</a> <a href="/job/3-17.htm">End</a> <a href="/job/8-15.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/job/4-4.htm">Firm</a> <a href="/job/6-24.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/songs/3-8.htm">Holding</a> <a href="/job/4-6.htm">Integrity</a> <a href="/job/29-21.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/job/13-15.htm">Maintain</a> <a href="/psalms/10-13.htm">Renounce</a> <a href="/job/20-20.htm">Retain</a> <a href="/job/6-29.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/job/19-17.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Job 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/2-1.htm">Satan, appearing again before God, obtains further leave to tempt Job.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/2-7.htm">He afflicts him with sore boils.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/2-9.htm">Job reproves his wife, who moved him to curse God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/2-11.htm">His three friends console with him in silence.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then Job’s wife said to him</b><br>Job's wife is introduced here as a significant character, though she remains unnamed. Her presence highlights the personal and familial impact of Job's suffering. In the cultural context of the Ancient Near East, a wife's role was to support her husband, yet here she voices despair. This moment underscores the depth of Job's trials, affecting not just his physical and material state but also his closest relationships.<p><b>“Do you still retain your integrity?</b><br>Integrity in this context refers to Job's steadfastness and moral uprightness. Despite his immense suffering, Job has not sinned or spoken against God. This question from his wife challenges the value of maintaining faithfulness amidst adversity. It reflects a common human struggle: the temptation to abandon principles when faced with overwhelming hardship. This theme of integrity is central to the book of Job and is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/proverbs/11-3.htm">Proverbs 11:3</a>, which emphasizes the guidance of integrity.<p><b>Curse God and die!”</b><br>This phrase is a direct challenge to Job's faith and a suggestion to abandon his reverence for God. The term "curse" here is significant, as it implies a complete renunciation of God, which was considered a grave sin. The suggestion to "die" may reflect a belief that death would be preferable to continued suffering, a sentiment found in other biblical texts like <a href="/1_kings/19-4.htm">1 Kings 19:4</a>, where Elijah wishes for death. This moment also foreshadows the ultimate test of faith that Jesus Christ would endure, maintaining His integrity and obedience to God even unto death.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, known for his immense suffering and steadfast faith.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_wife.htm">Job's Wife</a></b><br>She is unnamed in the text but plays a crucial role in this verse by challenging Job's integrity and faith amidst his suffering.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty, who allows Job to be tested by Satan to prove his faithfulness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/satan.htm">Satan</a></b><br>The adversary who challenges Job's faith, suggesting that Job is only faithful because of his prosperity.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived, often associated with the region east of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/i/integrity_in_trials.htm">Integrity in Trials</a></b><br>Job's response to his wife's suggestion highlights the importance of maintaining integrity and faith even when faced with severe trials.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_influence_of_close_relationships.htm">The Influence of Close Relationships</a></b><br>Job's wife's words remind us that those closest to us can influence our spiritual journey, for better or worse. We must discern and hold fast to our faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_true_faith.htm">The Nature of True Faith</a></b><br>True faith is not contingent on circumstances. Job's situation teaches us that faith should remain steadfast regardless of external blessings or sufferings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_suffering_in_spiritual_growth.htm">The Role of Suffering in Spiritual Growth</a></b><br>Suffering can be a tool for spiritual growth and deeper reliance on God, as seen in Job's unwavering faith despite his wife's counsel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_despair.htm">Guarding Against Despair</a></b><br>Job's wife's suggestion to "curse God and die" is a reminder to guard against despair and hopelessness, seeking God's strength in our weakest moments.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_2_9_contradict_marital_unity.htm">Does Job’s wife telling him to “curse God and die” contradict the concept of marital unity and support found elsewhere in Scripture? (Job 2:9)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'curse_god_and_die'_mean.htm">What is the meaning of "Curse God and Die"?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_advice_do_the_ungodly_offer.htm">What advice do the ungodly offer?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_pain.htm">What does the Bible teach about enduring pain?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">Then said his wife.</span>--Thus it is that a man's foes are they of his own household (<a href="/micah/7-6.htm" title="For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.">Micah 7:6</a>; <a href="/matthew/10-36.htm" title="And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.">Matthew 10:36</a>, &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.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity?</span> 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 (<a href="/job/1-11.htm">Job 1:11</a>; <a href="/job/2-5.htm">Job 2:5</a>), and had evidently wished him to do, thus fighting on his side, and increasing her husband's difficulties The only other mention of her (<a href="/job/19-17.htm">Job 19:17</a>) implies that she was rather a hindrance than a help to Job. <span class="cmt_word">Curse God, and die</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/2-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then [Job's] wife</span><br /><span class="heb">אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’iš·tōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתֹּ֤אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to him,</span><br /><span class="heb">לוֹ֙</span> <span class="translit">(lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Do you still</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹדְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·ḏə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><br /><span class="word">retain</span><br /><span class="heb">מַחֲזִ֣יק</span> <span class="translit">(ma·ḥă·zîq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2388.htm">Strong's 2388: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your integrity?</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּתֻמָּתֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṯum·mā·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8538.htm">Strong's 8538: </a> </span><span class="str2">Innocence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Curse</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּרֵ֥ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·rêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> </span><span class="str2">To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and die!”</span><br /><span class="heb">וָמֻֽת׃</span> <span class="translit">(wā·muṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To die, to kill</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/2-9.htm">Job 2:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/2-9.htm">Job 2:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/2-9.htm">Job 2:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/2-9.htm">Job 2:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/2-9.htm">Job 2:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/2-9.htm">Job 2:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/2-9.htm">Job 2:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/2-9.htm">Job 2:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/2-9.htm">Job 2:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/2-9.htm">Job 2:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/2-9.htm">OT Poetry: Job 2:9 Then his wife said to him Do (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/2-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 2:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 2:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/2-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 2:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 2:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>