1 Num dia em que os filhos de Deus vieram apresentar-se perante o Senhor, veio também Satanás entre eles apresentar-se perante o Senhor. 2 Então, o Senhor disse a Satanás: Donde vens? Respondeu Satanás ao Senhor e disse: De rodear a terra e passear por ela. 3 Perguntou o Senhor a Satanás: Observaste o meu servo Jó? Porque ninguém há na terra semelhante a ele, homem íntegro e reto, temente a Deus e que se desvia do mal. Ele conserva a sua integridade, embora me incitasses contra ele, para o consumir sem causa. 4 Então, Satanás respondeu ao Senhor: Pele por pele, e tudo quanto o homem tem dará pela sua vida. 5 Estende, porém, a mão, toca-lhe nos ossos e na carne e verás se não blasfema contra ti na tua face. 6 Disse o Senhor a Satanás: Eis que ele está em teu poder; mas poupa-lhe a vida.

7 Então, saiu Satanás da presença do Senhor e feriu a Jó de tumores malignos, desde a planta do pé até ao alto da cabeça. 8 Jó, sentado em cinza, tomou um caco para com ele raspar-se. 9 Então, sua mulher lhe disse: Ainda conservas a tua integridade? Amaldiçoa a Deus e morre. 10 Mas ele lhe respondeu: Falas como qualquer doida; temos recebido o bem de Deus e não receberíamos também o mal? Em tudo isto não pecou Jó com os seus lábios.

11 Ouvindo, pois, três amigos de Jó todo este mal que lhe sobreviera, chegaram, cada um do seu lugar: Elifaz, o temanita, Bildade, o suíta, e Zofar, o naamatita; e combinaram ir juntamente condoer-se dele e consolá-lo. 12 Levantando eles de longe os olhos e não o reconhecendo, ergueram a voz e choraram; e cada um, rasgando o seu manto, lançava pó ao ar sobre a cabeça. 13 Sentaram-se com ele na terra, sete dias e sete noites; e nenhum lhe dizia palavra alguma, pois viam que a dor era muito grande.

1 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 to Satan, From where come you? 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 to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God, and eschews evil? and still he holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause.

4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yes, all that a man has will he give for his life.

5 But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.

6 And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in your 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 to his crown.

8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat down among the ashes.

9 Then said his wife to him, Do you still retain your integrity? curse God, and die.

10 But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

11 Now when Job' three friends heard of all this evil that was come on him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to 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 sprinkled dust on their heads toward heaven.

13 So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him: for they saw that his grief was very great.