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1Again there 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.

1Some time later, divine beings again presented themselves to the LORD, and Satan accompanied them to present himself to the LORD.

2And the LORD said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Satan answered the LORD and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”

2The LORD asked Satan, "Where have you come from?" In response, Satan told the LORD, "From wandering all over the earth and walking back and forth throughout it."

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

3The LORD asked Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil. He remains firm in his integrity, even though you have been urging me to overwhelm 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.

4Satan answered the LORD, "Skin for skin! The man will give up everything that he owns in exchange for his health.

5But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will surely curse You to Your face!”

5However, stretch out your hand and strike his bones and flesh, and he'll curse you to your face, won't he?"

6And the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”

6Then the LORD told Satan, "Very well then, he is under your control. Just preserve his life."

7So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

7So Satan left the LORD's presence and struck Job with terrible boils from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.

8And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself while he sat in the midst of the ashes.

8Job took a broken piece of pottery to scrape himself while sitting among the ashes.

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

9Then his wife told him, "Do you remain firm in your integrity? Curse God and die!"

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

10But he replied to her, "You're talking like foolish women do. Are we to accept what is good from God but not tragedy?" Throughout all of this, Job did not sin by what he said.

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 Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come and mourn with him, and to comfort him.

11When Job's three friends heard all these tragedies that happened to him, they each traveled from their home towns to visit him. Eliphaz came from Teman, Bildad came from Shuah, and Zophar came from Naamath. They met together and went to console and 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 sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven.

12Observing him from a distance, at first they didn't even recognize him, so they raised their voices and burst into tears. They each ripped their robes, threw ashes into the air on their heads,

13So 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.

13and sat with Job on the ground for a full week without saying a word, since they could see the great extent of his anguish. Job Laments the Day He was Born

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