Dual Panel1Again there was a day <03117> when the sons <01121> of God <0430> came <0935> (8799) to present <03320> (8692) themselves before the LORD <03068>_, and Satan <07854> came <0935> (8799) also among <08432> them to present <03320> (8692) himself before the LORD <03068>_.
2And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Satan <07854>_, From whence <0335> comest <0935> (8799) thou? And Satan <07854> answered <06030> (8799) the LORD <03068>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, From going to and fro <07751> (8800) in the earth <0776>_, and from walking up and down <01980> (8692) in it.
3And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Satan <07854>_, Hast thou <07760> (8804) considered <03820> my servant <05650> Job <0347>_, that [there is] none like him in the earth <0776>_, a perfect <08535> and an upright <03477> man <0376>_, one that feareth <03373> God <0430>_, and escheweth <05493> (8802) evil <07451>_? and still he holdeth fast <02388> (8688) his integrity <08538>_, although thou movedst <05496> (8686) me against him, to destroy <01104> (8763) him without cause <02600>_. {to destroy...: Heb. to swallow him up}
4And Satan <07854> answered <06030> (8799) the LORD <03068>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Skin <05785> for skin <05785>_, yea, all that a man <0376> hath will he give <05414> (8799) for his life <05315>_.
5But <0199> put forth <07971> (8798) thine hand <03027> now, and touch <05060> (8798) his bone <06106> and his flesh <01320>_, and he will curse <01288> (8762) thee to thy face <06440>_.
6And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Satan <07854>_, Behold, he [is] in thine hand <03027>_; but save <08104> (8798) his life <05315>_. {but: or, only}
7So went <03318> (0) Satan <07854> forth <03318> (8799) from the presence <06440> of the LORD <03068>_, and smote <05221> (8686) Job <0347> with sore <07451> boils <07822> from the sole <03709> of his foot <07272> unto his crown <06936>_.
8And he took <03947> (8799) him a potsherd <02789> to scrape <01623> (8692) himself withal; and he sat down <03427> (8802) among <08432> the ashes <0665>_.
9Then said <0559> (8799) his wife <0802> unto him, Dost thou still retain <02388> (8688) thine integrity <08538>_? curse <01288> (8761) God <0430>_, and die <04191> (8798)_.
10But he said <0559> (8799) unto her, Thou speakest <01696> (8762) as one <0259> of the foolish women <05036> speaketh <01696> (8763)_. What <01571>_? shall we receive <06901> (8762) good <02896> at the hand of God <0430>_, and shall we not receive <06901> (8762) evil <07451>_? In all this did not Job <0347> sin <02398> (8804) with his lips <08193>_.
11Now when Job's <0347> three <07969> friends <07453> heard <08085> (8799) of all this evil <07451> that was come <0935> (8802) upon him, they came <0935> (8799) every one <0376> from his own place <04725>_; Eliphaz <0464> the Temanite <08489>_, and Bildad <01085> the Shuhite <07747>_, and Zophar <06691> the Naamathite <05284>_: for they had made an appointment <03259> (8735) together <03162> to come <0935> (8800) to mourn <05110> (8800) with him and to comfort <05162> (8763) him.
12And when they lifted up <05375> (8799) their eyes <05869> afar off <07350>_, and knew <05234> (8689) him not, they lifted up <05375> (8799) their voice <06963>_, and wept <01058> (8799)_; and they rent <07167> (8799) every one <0376> his mantle <04598>_, and sprinkled <02236> (8799) dust <06083> upon their heads <07218> toward heaven <08064>_.
13So they sat down <03427> (8799) with him upon the ground <0776> seven <07651> days <03117> and seven <07651> nights <03915>_, and none spake <01696> (8802) a word <01697> unto him: for they saw <07200> (8804) that [his] grief <03511> was very <03966> great <01431> (8804)_.