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.
02 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.
03 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.
04 And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin
for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give
for his life.
05 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his
bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy
face.
06 And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in
thine hand; but save his life.
07 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.
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08 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself
withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
09 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still
retain thine 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.
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:
for they had made an appointment together to come
to mourn with him and to comfort 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.
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.
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