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约伯第二次受试炼

又有一天, 神的众子都来侍立在耶和华面前,撒但也来到他们中间,侍立在耶和华面前。 耶和华问撒但:“你从哪里来?”撒但回答说:“我在地上徘徊,走来走去。” 耶和华问撒但:“你有没有注意到我的仆人约伯?世上再也没有一个人像他那样完全、正直,敬畏 神,远离罪恶。虽然你挑拨我与他作对,无缘无故使他倾家荡产,他还是坚守自己的纯全。” 撒但回答耶和华说:“人以皮换皮,宁可付出他所有的一切去保命。 只要你伸手伤害他的骨和肉,他一定当面亵渎你。” 耶和华对撒但说:“好吧,他在你手中,不过,要留存他的命。” 于是撒但从耶和华面前退去,击打约伯,使他从脚掌到头顶都生了毒疮。 约伯坐在灰烬中,拿瓦片刮自己。 他妻子对他说:“难道你还要坚守自己的纯全吗?你不如放弃 神,死掉算了。” 10 可是约伯对她说:“你说话像个愚妄的女人。难道我们从 神得福,也不应当受祸吗?”在这一切事上,约伯并没有用口犯罪。

三友的慰问

11 约伯的三个朋友,提幔人以利法、书亚人比勒达、拿玛人琐法,听到这一切降在他身上的灾祸,就各从自己的地方出发,相约而来对他表同情,安慰他。 12 他们从远处举目观望,竟认不出他来,就放声大哭,各自撕裂外袍,向天扬起尘土,落在自己头上。 13 他们就七天七夜与他一起坐在地上,没有人向他说一句话,因为他们看出他极其痛苦。

Satan Attacks Job’s Health

Again (A)there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord. And the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?”

(B)Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, (C)a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he (D)holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, (E)to [a]destroy him without cause.”

So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. (F)But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his (G)bone and his flesh, and he will surely [b]curse You to Your face!”

(H)And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils (I)from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself (J)while he sat in the midst of the ashes.

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

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

Job’s Three Friends

11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one came from his own place—Eliphaz the (N)Temanite, Bildad the (O)Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come (P)and mourn with him, and to comfort him. 12 And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and (Q)sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven. 13 So they sat down with him on the ground (R)seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

Footnotes

  1. Job 2:3 Lit. consume
  2. Job 2:5 Lit. bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5
  3. Job 2:9 Lit. Bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5