10But 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? …
And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. …
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-10)The devil, having got leave to tear and worry poor Job, presently fell to work with him, as a tormentor first and then as a tempter. His own children he tempts first, and draws them to sin, and afterwards torments, when thereby he has brought them to ruin; but this child of God he tormented with an affliction, and then tempted to make a bad use of his affliction. That which he aimed at was to make…
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