aAgain there was a day when the sons
of God
came
to present
themselves before
the LORD
, and Satan
also
came
among
them to present
himself before
the LORD
.
The LORD said
to Satan
, "Where
have you come
from?" Then Satan
answered
the LORD
and said
, "From roaming
about
on the earth
and walking
around
on it."
The LORD said
to Satan
, "Have you 1considered
My servant
Job
? For there
is no
one
like
him on the earth
, a blameless
and upright
man
2fearing
God
and turning
away
from evil
. And he still
aholds
fast
his integrity
, although you incited
Me against him to 3ruin
him without
cause
."
Satan answered
the LORD
and said
, "Skin
for skin
! Yes, all
that a man
has he will give
for his life
.
" aHowever, put
forth
Your hand
now
, and btouch
his bone
and his flesh
; he will curse
You to Your face
."
So the LORD said
to Satan
, "Behold
, he is in your 1power
, only
spare
his life
."
Then Satan went
out from the presence
of the LORD
and smote
Job
with asore
boils
from the sole
of his foot
to the crown
of his head
.
And he took a potsherd
to scrape
himself while ahe was sitting
among
the ashes
.
Then his wife said
to him, "Do you still
hold
fast
your integrity
? Curse
God
and die
!"
But he said to her, "You speak
as one
of the foolish
women
speaks
. aShall we indeed
accept
good
from God
and not accept
adversity
?" bIn all
this
Job
did not sin
with his lips
.
Now when Job's three
friends
heard
of all
this
adversity
that had come
upon him, they came
each
one
from his own place
, Eliphaz
the aTemanite
, Bildad
the bShuhite
and Zophar
the Naamathite
; and they made
an appointment
together
to come
to csympathize
with him and comfort
him.
When they lifted up their eyes
at a distance
and did not recognize
him, they raised
their voices
and wept
. And each
of them atore
his robe
and they bthrew
dust
over
their heads
toward the sky
.
aThen they sat down
on the ground
with him for seven
days
and seven
nights
with no
one
speaking
a word
to him, for they saw
that his pain
was very
great
.