Satan’s Second Test of Job

2 One day the sons of God^(A) came again to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before the Lord. ² The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”

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

³ Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity,^(B) who fears God and turns away from evil.^(C) He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him, to destroy him without just cause.”

⁴ “Skin for skin!” Satan answered the Lord. “A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life. ⁵ But stretch out Your hand and strike^(D) his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

⁶ “Very well,” the Lord told Satan, “he is in your power; only spare his life.” ⁷ So Satan left the Lord’s presence and infected Job with terrible boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.^{(E) 8} Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.^[a](F)

⁹ His wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”