2:1 On another day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him.
2:2 And the LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it.”
2:3 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”
2:4 “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his own life.
2:5 But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
2:6 The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.”
2:7 So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
2:8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.
2:9 His wife said to him, “Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!”
2:10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
2:11 When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.
2:12 When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads.
2:13 Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.
2:1 Then one day, when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, Satan also came among them to present himself before Jehovah.
2:2 And Jehovah said to Satan, Where have you come from? And Satan answered Jehovah and said, From roving the earth and going about in it.
2:3 And Jehovah said to Satan, Have you considered My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, though you have moved Me against him to destroy him without cause.
2:4 Then Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin! Indeed all that a man has he will give for the sake of his life.
2:5 But stretch forth Your hand, and touch his bone and his flesh; and he will surely curse You to Your face.
2:6 And Jehovah said to Satan, Here he is, in your hand; only spare his life.
2:7 And Satan went forth from Jehovah’s presence and struck Job with severe boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
2:8 And he took a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and he sat among the ashes.
2:9 Then his wife said to him, Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.
2:10 But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Should we receive the good from God but not receive the ill? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
2:11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this misfortune that came upon him, each came from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they together made an appointment to come to console him and comfort him.
2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes from a distance and did not recognize him, they lifted up their voice and wept; and they all tore their clothes and cast dust over their heads toward heaven.
2:13 And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights; but none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.