He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto her,אֵלֶיהָ“You speakתְּדַבֵּרִיasכְּoneאַחַתof the foolish womenהַנְּבָלוֹתspeaks.דַבֵּרShall we acceptנְקַבֵּלthe goodאֶת הַטּוֹבfromמֵאֵתElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםtoo,גַּםand notלֹאacceptנְקַבֵּלthe evil?”וְאֶת הָרָעIn allבְּכָלthisזֹאתJobאִיּוֹבdid notלֹאsinחָטָאwith his lips.בִּשְׂפָתָיו
Job 2:10
Study it in the app“He said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we accept the good from Elohim too, and not accept the evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 2:10, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “You speakתְּדַבֵּרִיtedaberi
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “tedaberi” appears- oneאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- of the foolish womenנְּבָלוֹתnevalot
foolish, fool
Foolish, a fool: not one who knows little, but one who lives without regard for God.
Where else “nevalot” appears- Shall we acceptנְקַבֵּלnekabel
receive
To take on something, good or bad.
Where else “nekabel” appears- the goodטּוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- the evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- Jobאִיּוֹבiyov
Job
Job: the man of the land of Uz, blameless and upright, whose story of suffering and of questions to God is told in the book that bears his name. Ezekiel 14:14 and James 5:11 also mention him.
Where else “iyov” appears- sinחָטָאchata
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chata” appears- with his lipsשְׂפָתָיsefatay
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefatay” appears
The context
9His wife said to him, “Are you still holding fast to your integrity? Curse Elohim and die.”
10 · This verse (above)
11When Job’s three companions heard all this evil that had come upon him, they came, each from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; they arranged to meet together to come to show him sympathy and to comfort him.