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So Satan[a] went out from the presence of the Lord, and inflicted loathsome sores on Job from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. Job[b] took a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and sat among the ashes.

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still persist in your integrity? Curse[c] God, and die.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:7 Or the Accuser; Heb ha-satan
  2. Job 2:8 Heb He
  3. Job 2:9 Heb Bless

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