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)