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. ⁸So^b he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and he sat in the midst of the ashes.

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Footnotes

yHebrew “And”
zHebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
aLiterally “the faces of Yahweh”
bHebrew “And”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in the ashes.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So Satan left the Lord’s presence and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.

NLTNew Living Translation

So Satan left the Lord’s presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot.

Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes.

KJV 1900King James Version

So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

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