| NET Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Again the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also arrived 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. |
| 2And the LORD said to Satan, "Where do you come from?" Satan answered the LORD, "From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across 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.” |
| 3Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason." | 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.” |
| 4But Satan answered the LORD, "Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life! | 4Satan replied to the LORD, “Skin for skin! A man will give up everything he has to save his life. |
| 5But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt 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, "All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life." | 6“All right, do with him as you please,” the LORD said to Satan. “But spare his life.” |
| 7So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the sole of his feet to the top of his head. | 7So Satan left the LORD’s presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot. |
| 8Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with 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, "Are you still holding firmly to 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 replied, "You're talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?" In all this Job did not sin by what he said. | 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 |
| 11When Job's three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country--Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to come to show sympathy for him and to console 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. |
| 12But when they gazed intently from a distance but did not recognize him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads. | 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 with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke 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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