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Job 2:3-10
New International Version
Job 2:3-10
New International Version
3 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.(A) And he still maintains his integrity,(B) though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”(C)
4 “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has(D) for his own life. 5 But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones,(E) and he will surely curse you to your face.”(F)
6 The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands;(G) but you must spare his life.”(H)
7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.(I) 8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.(J)
9 His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity?(K) Curse God and die!”(L)
10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[a] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(M)
In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(N)
Footnotes
- Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.
Job 2:3-10
King James Version
Job 2:3-10
King James Version
3 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
4 And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
6 And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
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