Job Loses His Health 1 ULT And it was the day, and the sons of God came to present themselves to Yahweh, and the adversary also came in their midst to present himself to Yahweh. BSB BSB: On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.
2 ULT And Yahweh said to the adversary,“From where have you come?” And the adversary answered Yahweh and said,“From wandering on the earth and from going back and forth on it.” BSB BSB: “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
3 ULT And Yahweh said to the adversary,“Have you set your heart on my servant Job? For there is not like him on the earth, a blameless and righteous man, fearful of God and turning from evil. And still he is holding firmly to his integrity, although you incited me against him, to devour him for nothing.” BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
4 ULT And the adversary answered Yahweh and said,“Skin for skin! Indeed, all that{ is} to a man, he will give for his life. BSB BSB: “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
5 ULT However, just stretch out your hand and touch upon his bones and upon his flesh, if he will not bless you to your face.” BSB BSB: But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
6 ULT And Yahweh said to the adversary,“Behold him in your hand; only spare his life.” BSB BSB: “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”
7 ULT And the adversary went away from the face of Yahweh, and he struck Job with bad boils from the sole of his foot to his pate. BSB BSB: So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
8 ULT And he took for himself a shard to scrape himself with it, and he was sitting in the midst of the ash pile. BSB BSB: And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
9 ULT And his wife said to him,“{ Are} you still holding firmly to your integrity? Bless God and die.” BSB BSB: Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
10 ULT But he said to her,“Like the speaking of the foolish one, you are speaking. Indeed, will we receive the good from God and not receive the bad?” In all of this, Job did not sin with his lips. BSB BSB: “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
Job’s Three Friends 11 ULT And the three friends of Job heard{ that} all this evil had come on him, and they each came from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, and they gathered together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him. BSB BSB: Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
12 ULT And they raised their eyes from afar and they did not recognize him, and they raised their voice and wept, and they each tore his robe, and they threw dust heavenward upon their heads. BSB BSB: When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
13 ULT And they sat with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, and{ there was} no speaking a word to him, for they saw that{ his} grief was very great. BSB BSB: Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
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