1Again, on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.
2Again, on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.
3Again, on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.
4Again, on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.
5Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
6Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
7Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
8Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
9Yahweh 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.”
10Yahweh 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.”
11Yahweh 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.”
12Yahweh 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.”
13Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
14Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
15Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
16Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
17But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”
18But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”
19But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”
20But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”
21Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”
22Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”
23Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”
24Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”
25So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.
26So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.
27So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.
28So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.
29He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
30He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
31He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
32He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
33Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.”
34Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.”
35Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.”
36Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.”
37But 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?”
38But 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?”
39But 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?”
40But 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?”
41Now 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.
42Now 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.
43Now 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.
44Now 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.
45When 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.
46When 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.
47When 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.
48When 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.
49So 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.
50So 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.
51So 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.
52So 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.