Satan Attacks Job’s Health

2 Again ^(A)there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord. ² And the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?”

^(B)Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”

³ Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, ^(C)a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he ^(D)holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, ^(E)to ^[a]destroy him without cause.”

⁴ So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. ^5 (F)But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his ^(G)bone and his flesh, and he will surely ^[b]curse You to Your face!”

^6 (H)And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”

⁷ So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils ^(I)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 ^(J)while he sat in the midst of the ashes.

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

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