Job 2

¹Again, on the day when the God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord.

²Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

³Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

⁴Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

⁵But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

⁶Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

⁷So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

⁸He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

⁹Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.”Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

¹⁰But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.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.

¹¹Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

¹²When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn’t recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

¹³So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.