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He got part of a broken pot. He used it to scrape his skin. He did it while he was sitting in ashes.

His wife said to him, “Are you still continuing to be faithful to the Lord? Speak evil things against him and die!”

10 Job replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. We accept good things from God. So we should also accept trouble when he sends it.”

In spite of everything, Job didn’t say anything that was sinful.

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Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.(A)

His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity?(B) Curse God and die!”(C)

10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[a] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(D)

In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.