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Book name not found: Job for the version: 1881 Westcott-Hort New Testament.

Y otro día aconteció que vinieron los hijos de Dios para presentarse delante del SEÑOR, y vino también entre ellos Satanás compareciendo delante del SEÑOR.

Y dijo el SEÑOR a Satanás: ¿De dónde vienes? Respondió Satanás al SEÑOR, y dijo: De rodear la tierra, y de andar por ella.

Y el SEÑOR dijo a Satanás: ¿No has considerado a mi esclavo Job, que no hay otro como él en la tierra, varón perfecto y recto, temeroso de Dios y apartado de mal, y que aún retiene su perfección, habiéndome tú incitado contra él, para que lo arruinara sin causa?

Y respondiendo Satanás dijo al SEÑOR: Piel por piel, todo lo que el hombre tiene dará por su alma.

Mas extiende ahora tu mano, y tócalo a él mismo, y a su carne, y verás si no te blasfema en tu rostro.

Y el SEÑOR dijo a Satanás: He aquí, él está en tu mano; mas guarda su vida.

¶ Y salió Satanás de delante del SEÑOR, e hirió a Job de una maligna sarna desde la planta de su pie hasta la coronilla de su cabeza.

Y tomaba una teja para rascarse con ella, y estaba sentado en medio de ceniza.

¶ Entonces le dijo su mujer: ¿Aún retienes tu integridad? Blasfema a Dios, y muérete.

10 Y él le dijo: Como suele hablar cualquiera de las locas, has hablado. Está bien: recibimos el bien de Dios, ¿y el mal no lo recibiremos? En todo esto no pecó Job con sus labios.

11 ¶ Y tres amigos de Job, Elifaz temanita, y Bildad suhita, y Zofar naamatita, luego que oyeron todo este mal que le había sobrevenido, vinieron cada uno de su lugar; porque habían concertado de venir juntos a condolerse de él, y a consolarle.

12 Los cuales alzando los ojos desde lejos, no lo conocieron, y lloraron a voz en grito; y cada uno de ellos rasgó su manto, y esparcieron polvo sobre sus cabezas hacia el cielo.

13 Así se sentaron con él en tierra por siete días y siete noches, y ninguno le hablaba palabra, porque veían que el dolor era muy grande.

Satan’s Second Attack on Job

Some time later, divine beings again[a] presented themselves to the Lord, and Satan accompanied them to present himself to the Lord. The 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.”

The Lord asked Satan, “Have you considered[b] 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.”

Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! The man will give up everything that he owns in exchange for his health.[c] However, stretch out your hand[d] and strike his bones and flesh, and he’ll curse you to your face, won’t he?”

Then the Lord told Satan, “Very well then, he is under your control.[e] Just preserve his life.”[f]

So Satan left the Lord’s presence and struck Job with terrible boils from the sole of his feet to the top of his head. Job[g] took a broken piece of pottery to scrape himself while sitting among the ashes.

Job Refuses to Curse God

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

10 But he replied to her, “You’re talking like foolish women do. Are we to accept[h] what is good from God but not tragedy?”

Throughout all of this, Job did not sin by what he said.[i]

Job’s Friends Visit

11 When Job’s three friends heard all these tragedies that happened to him, they each traveled from their home towns[j] to visit him. Eliphaz came from Teman,[k] Bildad came from Shuah,[l] and Zophar came from Naamath.[m] They met together and went to console and comfort him. 12 Observing 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, 13 and sat with Job[n] on the ground for a full week[o] without saying a word, since they could see the great extent of his anguish.

Footnotes

  1. Job 2:1 Lit. later, the sons of God
  2. Job 2:3 Lit. you set your heart over
  3. Job 2:4 Lit. his soul
  4. Job 2:5 Or send judgment
  5. Job 2:6 Lit. hand
  6. Job 2:6 Lit. his soul
  7. Job 2:8 Lit. He
  8. Job 2:10 Or receive
  9. Job 2:10 Lit. by his lips
  10. Job 2:11 Lit. from his place
  11. Job 2:11 Lit. Eliphaz the Temanite; i.e. from Teman in Edom, and so throughout the book
  12. Job 2:11 Lit. Bildad the Shuhite; i.e. from Shuah, and so throughout the book
  13. Job 2:11 Lit. Zophar the Naamathite; i.e. from Naamath in Arabia, and so throughout the book
  14. Job 2:13 Lit. him
  15. Job 2:13 Lit. for seven days and seven nights