Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
Again it
happened
on
the
day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh
, that
Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh
.
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
.
Yahweh
said to
Satan, "Where
have
you
come
from? "
Satan answered Yahweh
, and said, "
From going back
and forth
in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. "
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.
Yahweh
said to
Satan, "Have
you
considered my servant Job ?
For
there is none like him in the earth, a blameless
and an upright man, one who
fears
God, and turns
away
from
evil .
He
still maintains
his integrity, although you
incited
me against him, to ruin
him without cause. "
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.
Satan answered Yahweh
, and said, "
Skin for skin .
Yes
, all that a man has
will he give for his life.
And
Satan answered the
LORD
, and said, Skin for skin, yea,
all that a man hath
will he give for his life.
But put forth your
hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce
you
to your
face. "
But put forth thine
hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse
thee
to thy
face.
Yahweh
said to
Satan, "
Behold, he is in your
hand .
Only
spare
his life. "
And
the
LORD
said unto
Satan, Behold, he is in thine
hand ;
but
save
his life.
So Satan
went forth from the presence of Yahweh
, and struck
Job with painful
sores
from the sole of his foot to
his head
.
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
.
He took for
himself
a potsherd to scrape himself with,
and he sat among the ashes.
And
he took him
a potsherd to scrape himself withal;
and he sat down
among the ashes.
Then his wife said
to
him, "Do
you
still maintain
your
integrity? Renounce
God, and die. "
Then said
his wife unto
him, Dost
thou
still retain
thine
integrity? curse
God, and die.
But he said to
her, "You
speak
as one of the foolish women would
speak
. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? "
In all this Job didn't
sin with his lips.
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.
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had
come on
him, they each
came from his own place :
Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite ,
and
they made an appointment together to come to sympathize
with him and to comfort him.
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.
When they lifted up their eyes from
a
distance
, and didn't
recognize
him, they raised
their voices
, and wept; and they each
tore
his robe
, and sprinkled dust on
their heads toward the
sky
.
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
.
So they sat down with him on
the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke
a word to
him ,
for they saw that his grief was very great.
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.
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