2:1 And it came to pass on a certain day,
that the angels of God came to stand before the Lord, and the devil came
among them to stand before the Lord.
2:2 And the Lord, said to the devil, Whence comest thou? Then the devil said
before the Lord, I am come from going through the world, and walking about
the whole earth.
2:3 And the Lord said to the devil, Hast thou then observed my servant Job,
that there is none of [men] upon the earth like him, a harmless, true,
blameless, godly man, abstaining from all evil? and he yet cleaves to
innocence, whereas thou has told [me] to destroy his substance without
cause?
2:4 And the devil answered and said to the Lord, Skin for skin, all that a
man has will he give as a ransom for his life.
2:5 Nay, but put forth thine hand, and touch his bones and his flesh: verily
he will bless thee to [thy] face.
2:6 And the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I deliver him up to thee; only
save his life.
2:7 So the devil went out fro the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from
[his] feet to [his] head.
2:8 And he took a potsherd to scrape away the discharge, and sat upon a
dung-heap outside the city.
2:9 And when much time had passed, his wife said to him, How long wilt thou
hold out, saying, Behold, I wait yet a little while, expecting the hope of
my deliverance? for, behold, thy memorial is abolished from the earth, [even
thy] sons and daughters, the pangs and pains of my womb which I bore in vain
with sorrows; and thou thyself sittest down to spend the nights in the open
air among the corruption of worms, and I am a wanderer and a servant from
place to place and house to house, waiting for the setting of the sun, that
I may rest from my labours and my pangs which now beset me: but say some
word against the Lord, and die.
2:10 But he looked on her, and said to her, Thou hast spoken like one of the
foolish women. If we have received good things of the hand of the Lord,
shall we not endure evil things? In all these things that happened to him,
Job sinned not at all with his lips before God.
2:11 Now his three friends having heard of all the evil that was come upon
him, came to him each from his own country: Eliphaz the king of the Thaemans,
Baldad sovereign of the Saucheans, Sophar king of he Kinaeans: and they came
to him with one accord, to comfort and to visit him.
2:12 And when they saw him from a distance they did not know him; and they
cried with a loud voice, and wept, and rent every one his garment, and
sprinkled dust upon [their heads],
2:13 and they sat down beside him seven days and seven nights, and no one of
them spoke; for they saw that his affliction was dreadful and very great. |
2:1 Again 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.
2:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan
answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from
walking up and down in it.
2:3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that
there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that
feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity,
although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
2:4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a
man hath will he give for his life.
2:5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he
will curse thee to thy face.
2:6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his
life.
2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with
sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down
among the ashes.
2:9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity?
curse God, and die.
2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women
speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not
receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
2:11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon
him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and
Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an
appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they
lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and
sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
2:13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights,
and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. |