Job 2:10
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 2:10 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 2:10 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 2:10 — KJV
“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.”
— Job 2:10 (KJV)
Job 2:10 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 2:10
“And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:”
Shares key themes with Job 2:10: one, good, hand
“And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.”
Shares key themes with Job 2:10: one, hand, god
“And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with Job 2:10: one, receive, hand
“Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.”
Shares key themes with Job 2:10: one, good, evil
“I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?”
Shares key themes with Job 2:10: women, good, evil
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