2And then^a one day the sons of God^b came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan^c also came into their midst to present himself before Yahweh. ²So^d Yahweh asked^e Satan,^f “From where have you come?”

And Satan^g answered Yahweh and said, “From roaming on the earth and from walking about in it.”

³So^h Yahweh askedⁱ Satan,^j “Have you considered^k my servant Job? Indeed,^l there is no one like him on the earth—a blameless man and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil. And still he persists in his blamelessness even though^m you incited me against him to destroy him for nothing.”

⁴Thenⁿ Satan^o answered him and said, “Skin for skin! All that that^p man has he will give for his life. ⁵But stretch out^q your hand and touch his bones and his flesh, and see whether^r he will curse^s you to your face.”^t

⁶So^u Yahweh said to Satan,^v “All right,^w he is in your power.^x Only spare his life.”

Job’s Blameless Behavior

⁷So^y Satan^z went out from Yahweh’s presence,^a and he inflicted Job with loathsome skin sores from the sole of his foot up to the crown of his head.

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Footnotes

aLiterally “And it came to be,” or “and it happened”
bOr “the heavenly beings,” or “the angels”
cHebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
dHebrew “And”
eLiterally “said to”
fHebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
gHebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
hHebrew “And”
iLiterally “said to”
jHebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
kLiterally “set your heart”
lOr “For” or “Because”
mHebrew “and”
nHebrew “And”
oHebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
pLiterally “the”
qOr “please”
rLiterally “if not”
sLiterally “bless”—negative meaning by context
tHebrew “your faces”
uLiterally “And it happened the/one day”
vHebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
wLiterally “Look”
xLiterally “hand”
yHebrew “And”
zHebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
aLiterally “the faces of Yahweh”