| 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. |
| 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. |
| 8
| And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down
among the ashes. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
