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1On another day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him.

1One day the members of the heavenly court came again to present themselves before the LORD, and the Accuser, Satan, came with them.

2And the LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the LORD, "From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it."

2“Where have you come from?” the LORD asked Satan. Satan answered the LORD, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that’s going on.”

3Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason."

3Then the LORD asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless—a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil. And he has maintained his integrity, even though you urged me to harm him without cause.”

4"Skin for skin!" Satan replied. "A man will give all he has for his own life.

4Satan replied to the LORD, “Skin for skin! A man will give up everything he has to save his life.

5But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face."

5But reach out and take away his health, and he will surely curse you to your face!”

6The LORD said to Satan, "Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life."

6“All right, do with him as you please,” the LORD said to Satan. “But spare his life.”

7So 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.

7So Satan left the LORD’s presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot.

8Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.

8Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes.

9His wife said to him, "Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!"

9His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die.”

10He replied, "You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?" In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

10But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong. Job’s Three Friends Share His Anguish

11When Job's three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.

11When three of Job’s friends heard of the tragedy he had suffered, they got together and traveled from their homes to comfort and console him. Their names were Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite.

12When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads.

12When they saw Job from a distance, they scarcely recognized him. Wailing loudly, they tore their robes and threw dust into the air over their heads to show their grief.

13Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.

13Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and nights. No one said a word to Job, for they saw that his suffering was too great for words.

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