Job 2

Thomson(i) 1 Again on the day when the angels of God came to present themselves before the Lord, Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, Whence comest thou? And Satan said before the Lord, Having traversed that under heaven, and roved through the whole of it, I am come here 3 And the Lord said to Satan, Thou hast therefore attended to my servant Job; that there is not of those on the earth a man like him, guiltless, true, unblameable, abstaining from all evil. Still he retaineth his innocence; so that thou hast ordered the destruction of his property, without accomplishing thy purpose. 4 In reply to which Satan said to the Lord, Skin for skin. All that a man hath he will give for his life. 5 Only put forth thy hand, and touch his bones and his flesh, he will indeed openly renounce thee. 6 Then the Lord said to Satan, Behold I deliver him up to thee, only preserve his life. 7 Thereupon Satan withdrew from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with foul ulcers from head to foot, 8 so that he took a shell to scrape away the ichor, and sat down in an unclean place without the city. 9 And much time having elapsed, his wife said to him, How long wilt thou persist saying, Behold I will wait yet a little longer, in hope and expectation of my deliverance? For behold the memorial of thee; those sons and daughters, whom I brought forth with pangs and sorrow, and for whom I toiled in vain, are vanished from the earth; and thou thyself sittest among the putrefaction of worms, all night long in the open air, while I am wandering about, or working for wages, from place to place and from house to house, wishing for the setting of the sun, that I may rest from the labours and sorrows I endure. Do but say something for the Lord and die. 10 Whereupon he looking stedfastly at her said, Like one of the women without understanding hast thou spoken? If we have received good things at the hand of the Lord, shall we not bear up under afflictions? In all these things which befel him, Job transgressed not with his lips against God. 11 Now when his three friends heard of all the calamities which were come upon him, they came to him each from his own country, namely, Eliphaz the king of the Thaimanites, Baldad the sovereign of the Saucheans, and Sophar the king of the Minaians. Having made an appointment they came to him to comfort and take care of him, 12 but seeing him at a distance they did not know him. Then raising their voices they wept aloud, and having rent each his robe and sprinkled themselves with dust, 13 they sat down by him seven days and seven nights. And none of them spoke. For they saw that the stroke was grievous and very great.