1Again, on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before the LORD, Satan came also amongst them to present himself before the LORD.
2Again, on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before the LORD, Satan came also amongst them to present himself before the LORD.
3Again, on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before the LORD, Satan came also amongst them to present himself before the LORD.
4Again, on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before the LORD, Satan came also amongst them to present himself before the LORD.
5The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
6The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
7The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
8The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
9The LORD 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.”
10The LORD 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.”
11The LORD 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.”
12The LORD 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 the LORD, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
14Satan answered the LORD, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
15Satan answered the LORD, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
16Satan answered the LORD, 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.”
21The LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”
22The LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”
23The LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”
24The LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”
25So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.
26So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.
27So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.
28So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, 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 amongst the ashes.
30He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat amongst the ashes.
31He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat amongst the ashes.
32He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat amongst 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 sympathise 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 sympathise 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 sympathise 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 sympathise with him and to comfort him.
45When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn’t recognise him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads towards the sky.
46When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn’t recognise him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads towards the sky.
47When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn’t recognise him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads towards the sky.
48When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn’t recognise him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads towards 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.