⁷ So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils ^(A)from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. ⁸ And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself ^(B)while he sat in the midst of the ashes.

⁹ Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? ^[a]Curse God and die!”

¹⁰ But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. ^(C)Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” ^(D)In all this Job did not ^(E)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 ^(F)Temanite, Bildad the ^(G)Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come ^(H)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 ^(I)sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven. ¹³ So they sat down with him on the ground ^(J)seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.