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Job 2:9 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 2:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 2:99 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/תֹּ֤אמֶרwatōʾmer
and she saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
ל/וֹ֙lwō
pron
אִשְׁתּ֔/וֹʾišətwō
wife hisnounH802
each · every · female · many ···
עֹדְ/ךָ֖ʿōdəkā
are still? youadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
מַחֲזִ֣יקmaḥăziyq
keeping holdverbH2388
amend · calker · catch · cleave ···
בְּ/תֻמָּתֶ֑/ךָbətumātekā
on integrity yourpronH8538
בָּרֵ֥ךְbārēkə
blessverbH1288
abundantly · altogether · at all · bless ···
אֱלֹהִ֖יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
וָ/מֻֽתwāmut
and dieconjH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 2:9

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. The old adversary is wont to tempt mankind in two ways; viz. so as either to break the hearts of the stedfast by tribulation, or to melt them by persuasion. Against blessed Job then he strenuously exerted himself in both; for first upon the householder he brought loss of substance; the father he bereaved by the death of his children; the man that was in health he smote with putrid sores.…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 3 §11
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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