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.
The foolish women. Sin and folly are allied in Scripture (1 Samuel 25:25; 2 Samuel 13:13; Psalms 14:1).
Receive evil - bear willingly (Lamentations 3:39).
In all this - Hebrew here and in Job 1:22, 'in all these things:' i:e., notwithstanding all these so many and grievous In all this - Hebrew here and in Job 1:22, 'in all these things:' i:e., notwithstanding all these so many and grievous calamities. "For all this" (Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 9:12; Psalms 78:32).