1 A gain 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.

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan (the adversary and the accuser) came also among them to present himself before the Lord.

2 T he 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.”

And the Lord said to Satan, From where do you come? And Satan (the adversary and the accuser) answered the Lord, From going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down on it.

3 T he Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

And the Lord said to Satan, Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and abstains from and shuns all evil ? And still he holds fast his integrity, although you moved Me against him to destroy him without cause.

4 S atan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

Then Satan answered the Lord, Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has will he give for his life.

5 H owever, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face.”

But put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse and renounce You to Your face.

6 S o the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life.”

And the Lord said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.

7 T hen Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord and smote Job with loathsome and painful sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

8 A nd he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.

And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself, and he sat among the ashes.

9 T hen his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!”

Then his wife said to him, Do you still hold fast your blameless uprightness? Renounce God and die!

10 B ut he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

But he said to her, You speak as one of the impious and foolish women would speak. What? Shall we accept good at the hand of God and shall we not accept misfortune and what is of a bad nature? In all this, Job did not sin with his lips.

11 N ow 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 Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came each 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 condole with him and to comfort him.

12 W hen they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them tore his robe and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky.

And when they looked from afar off and saw him beyond recognition, they lifted up their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe, and they cast dust over their heads toward the heavens.

13 T hen 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.

So they sat down with on the ground for seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief and pain were very great.