The Book of Job

And it happened that a day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah. And Satan also came among them to present himself before Jehovah.

And Jehovah said to Satan, From where have you come? And Satan answered Jehovah and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and walking up and down in it.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Have you set your heart on My servant Job, that [there is] none like him in the earth, a perfect and upright man, fearing God, and turning away from evil? And he is still holding to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to swallow him for nothing.

And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin. Yea, all that a man has he will give for his life.

But indeed put out Your hand now and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse You to Your face.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, He [is] in your hand; but preserve his life.

And Satan went out from before the face of Jehovah. And [he] struck Job with bad burning ulcers from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.

And he took a broken piece of pottery with which to scrape himself. And he sat down among the ashes.

And his wife said to him, Are you still holding fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!

But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish ones speak. Also, shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

And three friends of Job heard [of] all this evil that had come on him. And they each one came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite; Bildad the Shuhite; and Zophar the Naamathite. And they had met together to come to lament with him, and to comfort him.

And when they lifted up their eyes from a distance and did not recognize him, they lifted up their voice and wept then. And each one tore his robe. And [they] sprinkled dust on their heads toward the heavens.

And they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights. And no one [was] speaking a word to him, for they saw that [his] pain was very great.