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Job 2:9-11
International Children’s Bible
Job 2:9-11
International Children’s Bible
9 Job’s wife said to him, “Are you still trying to stay innocent? You should just curse God and die!”
10 Job answered, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Should we take only good things from God and not trouble?” In all this Job did not sin in what he said.
Job’s Three Friends
11 Now Job had three friends. They were Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite. These friends heard about the troubles that had happened to Job. So they agreed to meet and go see Job. They wanted to show him they were upset for him, too. And they wanted to comfort him.
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Job 2:9-11
New International Version
Job 2:9-11
New International Version
9 His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity?(A) Curse God and die!”(B)
10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[a] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(C)
In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(D)
11 When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite,(E) Bildad the Shuhite(F) and Zophar the Naamathite,(G) heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.(H)
Footnotes
- Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.
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