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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.

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, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the LORD, "From roaming throughout the earth, going 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? 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."

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."

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

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

5But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, 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?"

6The LORD said to Satan, "Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must 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 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 struck Job with terrible boils from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.

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

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

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

9Then his wife told him, "Do you remain firm in 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 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.

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 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.

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.

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,

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.

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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