What did Job's wife urge him to do?

• A. Curse God and die
• B. Praise God
• C. Seek counsel
• D. Pray

Answer: (A)

In this moment, the main idea shown is how people respond to extreme suffering. Job’s wife urges him to curse God and die. She expresses a view that life under such hardship is pointless and that the only reasonable response is to turn away from God. The exact line she speaks—“Curse God and die”—captures that impulse to abandon faith in the face of pain.

This is the best answer because it reflects the actual situation in the story: she directly tells him to renounce God in a dramatic, fatal way. Job’s reply later in the narrative shows the contrast to her stance; he refuses to sin by charging God with wrong and maintains his faith despite the loss. That contrast helps readers understand different human responses to suffering.

Praising God, seeking counsel, or praying are not what she urges in this scene, so they don’t fit the action described.