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His wifeאִשְׁתּוֹsaidוַתֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Are you stillעֹדְךָholding fastמַחֲזִיקto your integrity?בְּתֻמָּתֶךָCurseבָּרֵךְElohimאֱלֹהִיםand die.”וָמֻת
Job 2:9
Study it in the app“His wife said to him, “Are you still holding fast to your integrity? Curse Elohim and die.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 2:9, word by word
- His wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- holding fastמַחֲזִיקmachazik
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “machazik” appears- to your integrityתֻמָּתֶtumate
integrity
Integrity: being whole, without double-dealing; the conduct of one who is the same inside and out. It comes from the same root as "blameless" (Job 1:1).
Where else “tumate” appears- Curseבָּרֵךְbarech
curse
Said as its opposite, wishing someone harm.
Where else “barech” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- and dieמֻתmut
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “mut” appears
Translation note
“Curse”: the Hebrew writes “bless.” It is the same respectful way of writing as in 1:5, 11 and 2:5, so as not to put “curse” next to the name of God; the sense is “curse.”
The context
8He took a potsherd for himself to scrape himself with it, and he was sitting in the midst of the ashes.
9 · This verse (above)
10He 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.