﻿Job.
Chapter 2.
One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the LORD. 
The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming across the earth and walking about on it.” 
The LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil. He still holds fast to his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without cause.” 
Satan answered the LORD, “Skin for skin! A man will give all that he has for his life. 
But stretch out your hand now and touch his bone and his flesh. Surely he will curse you to your face!” 
The LORD said to Satan, “He is in your hand. Only spare his life.” 
Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. 
Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself with as he sat among the ashes. 
His wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!” 
He said to her, “You are speaking like one of the foolish women. Shall we accept good from God and not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips. 
When Job's three friends heard of all this disaster that had come upon him, they came, each from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They had agreed to come together to mourn with him and comfort him. 
When they looked up from a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. Each tore his robe, and they threw dust toward heaven over their heads. 
They sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights. No one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great. 
