Job 2
1 And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, and Satan also came among them to present himself before Jehovah.
One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves to the Lord, and Satan came with them to present himself to the Lord.
2 And Jehovah said to Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered Jehovah and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
The Lord asked Satan, “What have you been doing?” “Traveling around on earth, going here and there,” Satan replied.
3 And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil? and still he remaineth firm in his integrity, though thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.
“Have you noticed my servant Job?” asked the Lord. “There's no one like him on earth, a man of integrity who does what is right, who respects God and avoids evil. And he has kept his integrity, even though you wanted me to harm him for no reason.”
4 And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life;
“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up everything to save his life.
5 but put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, [and see] if he will not curse thee to thy face!
But reach out and hurt his bones and his flesh, and he will definitely curse you to your face.”
6 And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.
So the Lord said to Satan, “Very well, you have the power to do whatever you want to him, but don't kill him.”
7 And Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah; and he smote Job with a grievous botch from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Then Satan left the Lord's presence and inflicted Job with horrible skin sores from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.
8 And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat among the ashes.
Job picked up a piece of broken pottery to scratch himself as he sat in ashes.
9 And his wife said to him, Dost thou still remain firm in thine integrity? curse God and die.
His wife said to him, “Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!”
10 But he said to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. We have also received good from God, and should we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
But he told her, “You're talking just like any foolish woman would! Should we receive only good from God, and not evil?” Despite all this, Job said nothing sinful.
11 And three friends of Job heard of all this evil that was come upon him. And they came each one from his place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to condole with him and to comfort him.
When three of Job's friends heard of all the trouble that had happened to him, they each left their homes: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together and went to comfort and console him.
12 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 the heavens.
When they saw Job from a distance they hardly recognized him. They broke out into loud wailing, tore their robes, and threw dust into the air over their heads.
13 And they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights; and none spoke a word to him; for they saw that [his] anguish was very great.
They sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. None of them said anything to him because they saw how badly he was suffering.
