Job 2     

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 ^aholdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, ^bto 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 ^cbone 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; ^dand he sat down among the ashes. ⁹ Then said ^ehis wife unto him, ^fDost 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? ^hshall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job ^gsin 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 ⁱthe Temanite, and Bildad ^jthe Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come ^kto 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 ^lsprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. ¹³ So they sat down with him upon the ground ^mseven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

Job 3