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.

And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst to station himself by Jehovah.

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.”

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Whence camest thou?' And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `From going to and fro in the land, 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.”

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!'

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

And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth 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.”

Yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike unto his bone and unto his flesh -- if not: unto Thy face he doth bless Thee!'

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

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Lo, he in thy hand; only his life take care of.'

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.

And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

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

And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.

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

And his wife saith to him, `Still thou art keeping hold on thine integrity: bless 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

And he saith unto her, `As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned 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.

And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that hath come upon him, and they come in each from his place -- Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite -- and they are met together to come in to bemoan 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.

and they lift up their eyes from afar and have not discerned him, and they lift up their voice and weep, and rend each his robe, and sprinkle dust on their heads -- heavenward.

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.

And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.