Job 2
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Again it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before
YHWH, that Satan came also among them to present himself before YHWH.
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And YHWH said to Satan, From whence come you? And Satan answered YHWH, and said, From
going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
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And YHWH said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job? for there is none like
him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God, and turns away
from evil: and he still holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him,
to destroy him without cause.
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And Satan answered YHWH, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has will he
give for his life.
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But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce
you to your face.
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And YHWH said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.
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So Satan went forth from the presence of YHWH, and smote Job with sore boils from
the sole of his foot to his crown.
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And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
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Then said his wife to him, Do you still hold fast your integrity? renounce God, and
die.
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But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. 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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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, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to
comfort him.
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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 robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads
toward heaven.
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So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke
a word to him: for they saw that his grief was very great.