1 O tro día acudieron a presentarse delante de Jehová los hijos de Dios, y entre ellos vino también Satanás para presentarse delante de Jehová.

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.

2 D ijo Jehová a Satanás: —¿De dónde vienes? Respondiendo Satanás a Jehová, dijo: —De rodear la tierra y andar por ella.

And the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”

3 J ehová dijo a Satanás: —¿No te has fijado en mi siervo Job, que no hay otro como él en la tierra, varón perfecto y recto, temeroso de Dios y apartado del mal? ¡Todavía mantiene su integridad, a pesar de que tú me incitaste contra él para que lo arruinara sin causa!

Then 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 shuns evil? And still he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause.”

4 R espondiendo Satanás a Jehová, dijo: —Piel por piel, todo lo que el hombre tiene lo dará por su vida.

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

5 P ero extiende tu mano, toca su hueso y su carne, y verás si no blasfema contra ti en tu misma presencia.

But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will surely curse You to Your face!”

6 D ijo Jehová a Satanás: —Él está en tus manos; pero guarda su vida.

And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”

7 S alió entonces Satanás de la presencia de Jehová e hirió a Job con una llaga maligna desde la planta del pie hasta la coronilla de la cabeza.

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

8 Y Job, sentado en medio de ceniza, tomaba un trozo de tiesto y se rascaba con él.

And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself while he sat in the midst of the ashes.

9 E ntonces le dijo su mujer: —¿Aún te mantienes en tu integridad? ¡Maldice a Dios y muérete!

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

10 É l le dijo: —Como suele hablar cualquier mujer insensata, así has hablado. ¿Pues qué? ¿Recibiremos de Dios el bien, y el mal no lo recibiremos? En todo esto no pecó Job con sus labios.

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

11 T res amigos de Job, Elifaz, el temanita, Bildad, el suhita, y Zofar, el naamatita, al enterarse de todo este mal que le había sobrevenido, llegaron cada uno de su tierra, habiendo acordado venir juntos a condolerse con él y a consolarlo.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one came from his own place—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come and mourn with him, and to comfort him.

12 E stos, alzando los ojos desde lejos, no lo reconocieron. Entonces lloraron a gritos, y rasgó cada cual su manto y esparcieron polvo los tres sobre sus cabezas hacia el cielo.

And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven.

13 A sí permanecieron sentados con él en tierra durante siete días y siete noches, y ninguno le decía una palabra, porque veían que su dolor era muy grande.

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.