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 2:9 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Job 2:99 words
ℹWords 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.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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