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Job 2:10

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

The foolish women. Sin and folly are allied in Scripture (1 Samuel 25:25; 2 Samuel 13:13; Psalms 14:1).

Receive evil - bear willingly (Lamentations 3:39).

In all this - Hebrew here and in Job 1:22, 'in all these things:' i:e., notwithstanding all these so many and grievous In all this - Hebrew here and in Job 1:22, 'in all these things:' i:e., notwithstanding all these so many and grievous calamities. "For all this" (Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 9:12; Psalms 78:32).

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    Verse Job 2:10. _THOU SPEAKEST AS ONE OF THE FOOLISH_] Thou speakest like an infidel; like one who has no knowledge of God, of religion, or of a future state. The Targum, who calls this woman _Dinah...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֶ֗יהָ כְּ דַבֵּ֞ר אַחַ֤ת הַ

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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