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Chapter 2 |
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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 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 4 | And Satan
answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he
give for his life. |
| 5 | But put forth thine hand now, and touch his
bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. |
| 6 | And the LORD
said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. |
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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. |
| 8 | And he took
him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
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| 9 | Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity?
curse God, and die. |
| 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.
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| 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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
