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.” The Lord said to Satan, “Have you [a]considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man [b]fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still (A)holds firm to his integrity, although you incited Me against him to [c]ruin him without cause.” Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has, he will give for his life. (B)However, reach out with Your hand now, and (C)touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face!” So the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your [d]power, only spare his life.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:3 Lit set your heart to
  2. Job 2:3 Or revering
  3. Job 2:3 Lit swallow him up
  4. Job 2:6 Lit hand

And the Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”

Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”(A)

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.(B) And he still maintains his integrity,(C) though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”(D)

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has(E) for his own life. But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones,(F) and he will surely curse you to your face.”(G)

The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands;(H) but you must spare his life.”(I)

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