Job 2:1-9

Evangelical Heritage Version

Job’s Second Test

2 Another day arrived when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came into their midst. ² The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”

Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming the earth and walking around on it.”

³ Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still maintains his integrity, even though you incited me against him to destroy him for no reason.”

⁴ Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! A man will give all he has for his life. ⁵ But stretch out your hand and strike his bones and flesh, and he will certainly curse you to your face!”

⁶ The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hand, but preserve his life.”

⁷ Satan then went out from the presence of the Lord. He struck Job with very painful sores from the sole of his foot to the top of his head. ⁸ So Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he was sitting among the ashes.

⁹ Then his wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”