Job 2
1 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.
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 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.
The Lord asked Satan, “What have you been doing?” “Traveling around on earth, going here and there,” Satan replied.
3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil: and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him 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 the LORD, 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 thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce 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 the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine 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 So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils 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 him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat among the ashes.
Job picked up a piece of broken pottery to scratch himself as he sat in ashes.
9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.
His wife said to him, “Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!”
10 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.
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 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: and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan 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 heaven.
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 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.
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.
