1 A gain there was a day when the sons of God came to show themselves before the Lord. And Satan came with them also to show himself before the Lord.

Again, on the day when the God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.

2 T he Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From traveling around the earth and walking around on it.”

Yahweh 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.”

3 T he Lord said to Satan, “Have you thought about My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth. He is without blame, a man who is right and good. He fears God and turns away from sin. He still holds to his good ways, even when I allowed you to go against him, and to destroy him for no reason.”

Yahweh 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.”

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

Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

5 P ut out Your hand now and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse You to Your face.”

But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”

6 S o the Lord said to Satan, “See, he is in your power. Only do not kill him.”

Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”

7 T hen Satan went out from the Lord. And he made very bad sores come on Job from the bottom of his foot to the top of his head.

So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.

8 J ob took a piece of a broken pot to try to cut off the sores while he sat among the ashes.

He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.

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

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.”

10 B ut he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Should we receive good from God and not receive trouble?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips. Job’s Friends Come to Him

But 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.

11 N ow when Job’s three friends heard of all this trouble that had come upon him, they came each from his own place. They were Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They agreed to meet together to come to share Job’s sorrow and comfort him.

Now 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.

12 A nd when they looked up from far away and saw how different he looked, they cried in loud voices. They tore their clothing and threw dust over their heads toward the sky.

When 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.

13 T hen they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very bad.

So 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.