Job 2:1-9

GOD’S WORD Translation

Satan Challenges the Lord Again

2 One day when the sons of God came to stand in front of the Lord, Satan the Accuser came along with them.

² The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”

Satan answered the Lord, “From wandering all over the earth.”

³ The Lord asked Satan, “Have you thought about my servant Job? No one in the world is like him! He is a man of integrity: He is decent, he fears God, and he stays away from evil. And he still holds on to his principles. You’re trying to provoke me into ruining him for no reason.”

⁴ Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! Certainly, a man will give everything he has for his life. ⁵ But stretch out your hand, and strike his flesh and bones. I bet he’ll curse you to your face.”

⁶ The Lord told Satan, “He is in your power, but you must spare his life!”

Job’s Second Crisis

⁷ Satan left the Lord’s presence and struck Job with painful boils from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. ⁸ Job took a piece of broken pottery to scratch himself as he sat in the ashes.

⁹ His wife asked him, “Are you still holding on to your principles? Curse God and die!”