1 A gain, on the day when the God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord.

2 Y ahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”

The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”

3 Y ahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

4 S atan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

5 B ut stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”

However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face.”

6 Y ahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”

So the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life.”

7 S o Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.

Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

8 H e took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.

And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.

9 T hen his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.”

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

10 B ut he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.

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

11 N ow when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him.

12 W hen they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn’t recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.

When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them tore his robe and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky.

13 S o 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.

Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.