On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD , and Satan also came with them to present himself before (Him).
“ Where ... have you come from ?” said the LORD to Satan. “ From roaming through the earth , ” (he) - replied - , “ and walking back and forth
Then the LORD said to Satan , “ Have you considered ... ... My servant Job - ? For (there is) no one on earth like him , a man (who is) blameless and upright , who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity , even though you incited Me to ruin him without cause.”
“ Skin for skin ! ” - Satan - replied .... “ A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
But stretch out ... Your hand and strike his flesh and bones , ... and he will surely ... curse You to Your face.”
“ Very well , ” said the LORD ... to Satan. “ He is in your hands , but - you must spare his life.”
So Satan ... went out from the presence of the LORD and infected - Job - with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
And Job - took a piece of broken pottery to scrape as he sat among the ashes.
Then (Job -’s) wife said “ Do you still retain your integrity ? Curse God and die !”
“ You speak as a foolish woman speaks , ” ... - he told her. “ Should we accept from God only good - and not ... adversity ? ” In all this , Job - did not sin in what he said.
Now when Job -’s - three friends — Eliphaz the Temanite , Bildad the Shuhite , and Zophar the Naamathite — heard about all this adversity that had come upon him , each of them came from his home , and they met together to go and sympathize and comfort him.
When they lifted up their eyes from afar , they could barely recognize (Job -). They began to weep aloud ... , and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights , but no one spoke a word to him because they saw - how intense his suffering was.