| New American Standard Bible 1995 | New Living Translation |
| 1Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the LORD. | 1One day the members of the heavenly court came again to present themselves before the LORD, and the Accuser, Satan, came with them. |
| 2The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it." | 2“Where have you come from?” the LORD asked Satan. Satan answered the LORD, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that’s going on.” |
| 3The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause." | 3Then the LORD asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless—a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil. And he has maintained his integrity, even though you urged me to harm him without cause.” |
| 4Satan answered the LORD and said, "Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. | 4Satan replied to the LORD, “Skin for skin! A man will give up everything he has to save his life. |
| 5"However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face." | 5But reach out and take away his health, and he will surely curse you to your face!” |
| 6So the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life." | 6“All right, do with him as you please,” the LORD said to Satan. “But spare his life.” |
| 7Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. | 7So Satan left the LORD’s presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot. |
| 8And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes. | 8Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes. |
| 9Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!" | 9His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die.” |
| 10But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips. | 10But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong. Job’s Three Friends Share His Anguish |
| 11Now when Job's three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him. | 11When three of Job’s friends heard of the tragedy he had suffered, they got together and traveled from their homes to comfort and console him. Their names were Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. |
| 12When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them tore his robe and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky. | 12When they saw Job from a distance, they scarcely recognized him. Wailing loudly, they tore their robes and threw dust into the air over their heads to show their grief. |
| 13Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great. | 13Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and nights. No one said a word to Job, for they saw that his suffering was too great for words. |
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