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Job’s Second Test

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

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

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.”

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

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

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. So Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he was sitting among the ashes.

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

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The Adversary’s Attack on Job’s Person

And then[a] one day the sons of God[b] came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan[c] also came into their midst to present himself before Yahweh. So[d] Yahweh asked[e] Satan,[f] “From where have you come?”

And Satan[g] answered Yahweh and said, “From roaming on the earth and from walking about in it.”

So[h] Yahweh asked[i] Satan,[j] “Have you considered[k] my servant Job? Indeed,[l] there is no one like him on the earth—a blameless man and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil. And still he persists in his blamelessness even though[m] you incited me against him to destroy him for nothing.”

Then[n] Satan[o] answered him and said, “Skin for skin! All that that[p] man has he will give for his life. But stretch out[q] your hand and touch his bones and his flesh, and see whether[r] he will curse[s] you to your face.”[t]

So[u] Yahweh said to Satan,[v]All right,[w] he is in your power.[x] Only spare his life.”

Job’s Blameless Behavior

So[y] Satan[z] went out from Yahweh’s presence,[aa] and he inflicted Job with loathsome skin sores from the sole of his foot up to the crown of his head. So[ab] he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and he sat in the midst of the ashes.

Then[ac] his wife said to him, “Are you still persisting in your blamelessness? Curse[ad] God and die.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:1 Literally “And it came to be,” or “and it happened”
  2. Job 2:1 Or “the heavenly beings,” or “the angels”
  3. Job 2:1 Hebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
  4. Job 2:2 Hebrew “And”
  5. Job 2:2 Literally “said to”
  6. Job 2:2 Hebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
  7. Job 2:2 Hebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
  8. Job 2:3 Hebrew “And”
  9. Job 2:3 Literally “said to”
  10. Job 2:3 Hebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
  11. Job 2:3 Literally “set your heart”
  12. Job 2:3 Or “For” or “Because”
  13. Job 2:3 Hebrew “and”
  14. Job 2:4 Hebrew “And”
  15. Job 2:4 Hebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
  16. Job 2:4 Literally “the”
  17. Job 2:5 Or “please”
  18. Job 2:5 Literally “if not”
  19. Job 2:5 Literally “bless”—negative meaning by context
  20. Job 2:5 Hebrew “your faces”
  21. Job 2:6 Literally “And it happened the/one day”
  22. Job 2:6 Hebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
  23. Job 2:6 Literally “Look”
  24. Job 2:6 Literally “hand”
  25. Job 2:7 Hebrew “And”
  26. Job 2:7 Hebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
  27. Job 2:7 Literally “the faces of Yahweh”
  28. Job 2:8 Hebrew “And”
  29. Job 2:9 Hebrew “And”
  30. Job 2:9 Literally “Bless”—negative meaning by context