Job 2

Satan Attacks Job’s Health

2Again ^athere was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord. ²And the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?”

^bSatan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”

³Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, ^ca blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he ^dholds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, ^eto ¹destroy him without cause.”

⁴So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. ^5fBut stretch out Your hand now, and touch his ^gbone and his flesh, and he will surely ²curse You to Your face!”

^6hAnd the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”

⁷So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils ⁱfrom the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. ⁸And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself ^jwhile he sat in the midst of the ashes.

⁹Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? ³Curse God and die!”

¹⁰But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. ^kShall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” ^lIn all this Job did not ^msin with his lips.

Job’s Three Friends

¹¹Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one came from his own place—Eliphaz the ⁿTemanite, Bildad the ^oShuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come ^pand mourn with him, and to comfort him. ¹²And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and ^qsprinkled dust on his head toward heaven. ¹³So they sat down with him on the ground ^rseven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.