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Job 2:10

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But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.

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Verse 10. Foolish. The same word often means impious, (Calmet. 1:22) and ignorant, ( Bible.) or “delirous.” Aquila. Psalms 13:1.—Lips. The Jews assert, without reason, that he was guilty in his heart. Calmet.

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