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| [1]AGAIN there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Sa tan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. |
[1]And it came to pass on a certain day, that the angels of God came to stand before the Lord, and the devil came among them to stand before the Lord. |
| [2]And the LORD said to Satan, Whence have you come? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking on it. |
[2]And the Lord, said to the devil, Whence comest thou? Then the devil said before the Lord, I am come from going through the world, and walking about the whole earth. |
| [3]And the LORD said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, an innocent and upright man, one who reveres God, and turns away from evil? He still holds fast to his integrity, although you provoked me against him, to destroy him without cause. |
[3]And the Lord said to the devil, Hast thou then observed my servant Job, that there is none of men upon the earth like him, a harmless, true, blameless, godly man, abstaining from all evil? and he yet cleaves to innocence, whereas thou has told me to destroy his substance without cause? |
| [4]And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has will he give for his life, to save it. |
[4]And the devil answered and said to the Lord, Skin for skin, all that a man has will he give as a ransom for his life. |
| [5]But put forth thy hand now, and touch his flesh or his bone, and he will curse thee to thy face. |
[5]Nay, but put forth thine hand, and touch his bones and his flesh: verily he will bless thee to thy face. |
| [6]And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is delivered into your hands; only spare his life |
[6]And the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I deliver him up to thee; only save his life. |
| [7]So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with cancer from the sole of his foot to his brain. |
[7]So the devil went out from the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from his feet to his head. |
| [8]And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with it; and he sat down upon ashes. |
[8]And he took a potsherd to scrape away the discharge, and sat upon a dung-heap outside the city. |
| [9]Then his wife said to him, Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God, and die. |
[9]And when much time had passed, his wife said to him, How long wilt thou hold out, saying, Behold, I wait yet a little while, expecting the hope of my deliverance? for, behold, thy memorial is abolished from the earth, even thy sons and daughters, the pangs and pains of my womb which I bore in vain with sorrows; and thou thyself sittest down to spend the nights in the open air among the corruption of worms, and I am a wanderer and a servant from place to place and house to house, waiting for the setting of the sun, that I may rest from my labours and my pangs which now beset me: but say some word against the Lord, and die. |
| [10]But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. We have indeed received God's blessings, now shall we not also receive his afflictions? In all these misfortunes Job did not sin, nor did he blaspheme against God with his lips |
[10]But he looked on her, and said to her, Thou hast spoken like one of the foolish women. If we have received good things of the hand of the Lord, shall we not endure evil things? In all these things that happened to him, Job sinned not at all with his lips before God. |
| [11]Now when Job's three friends heard of all this misfortune that had come upon him, they set a time of meeting, and came to him every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; for they had made an appointment together to console and comfort him. |
[11]Now his three friends having heard of all the evil that was come upon him, came to him each from his own country: Eliphaz the king of the Thaemans, Baldad sovereign of the Saucheans, Sophar king of he Minaeans: and they came to him with one accord, to comfort and to visit him. |
| [12]And when they lifted up their eyes from afar, they did not recognize him, and they lifted up their voices, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and threw dust upon their heads toward the heaven. |
[12]And when they saw him from a distance they did not know him; and they cried with a loud voice, and wept, and rent every one his garment, and sprinkled dust upon their heads, |
| [13]So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him; for they saw that his affliction was very great |
[13]and they sat down beside him seven days and seven nights, and no one of them spoke; for they saw that his affliction was dreadful and very great. |