Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?

גַּ֣ם אֶת־הַטֹּ֗וב נְקַבֵּל֙ מֵאֵ֣ת הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וְאֶת־הָרָ֖ע לֹ֣א נְקַבֵּ֑ל

Job

Job 2:10

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Adversity Yin and yang

Speaker

Job

Source

Book of Job The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Hebrew

Time

500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 2:10).

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Current Citation

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 17:21).

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Bertolt Brecht
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Medium
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