KJV ORIGINAL
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Then his wife said to him, 'Are you still holding onto your integrity? Just curse God and die.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Job's wife, overwhelmed by their suffering, urges him to give up his faith in God and essentially give up on life.
📚 Historical Context
Job had just lost all his children, wealth, and health in a series of catastrophic events that Satan brought upon him to test his faith. His wife, who had also lost everything including all her children, was witnessing her husband covered in painful sores from head to toe. In ancient times, cursing God was considered such a serious offense that it would surely result in death, making her suggestion essentially telling him to commit spiritual suicide.
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