Job 2:10 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Job answers that we must receive both good and adversity from God, and in all of it he does not sin in his words.
What Does Job 2:10 Mean?
Job answers his wife not with cruelty but with correction: such talk is the way of folly. Then he asks the question that anchors the book -- if we gladly take good from God's hand, shall we not also receive adversity? The narrator adds that 'in all this' Job did not sin with his lips. His worship survives intact.
Job's faith does not deny the pain; it refuses to let pain dethrone God. He receives life whole, sweet and bitter together, from a hand he still trusts. This is mature faith -- not stoic numbness, but trust that holds when blessing is withdrawn. It anticipates the Savior who, in deeper darkness, still entrusted Himself to the Father, and it calls the believer to do the same.
Job 2:10 in the Original Language
ra (רַע), 'evil' -- here adversity or calamity, not moral wickedness.
Frequently Asked Questions About Job 2:10
What does Job 2:10 mean?
Job answers that we must receive both good and adversity from God, and in all of it he does not sin in his words.