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Job 2:9

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתֹּ֤אמֶרva.To.merand she saidH559 →
לוֹ֙loto him
אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ'ish.Towife hisH802 →
עֹדְךָ֖'o.de.Kha[are] still? youH5750 →
מַחֲזִ֣יקma.cha.Zikkeeping holdH2388 →
בְּתֻמָּתֶ֑ךָbe.tu.ma.Te.khaon integrity yourH8538 →
בָּרֵ֥ךְba.RekhblessH1288 →
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
וָמֻֽת׃va.Mutand dieH4191 →

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Job 2:5But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”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.”2 Corinthians 2:11in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.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?”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?Job 27:5I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.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.Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”Job 21:14–15Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.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.Genesis 3:12And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”Job 1:5And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.1 Kings 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.Matthew 27:5So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.Isaiah 8:21They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.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.

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