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 unto Satan, From whence comest thou? 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 unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. 4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. 5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. 6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine 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 unto his crown. 8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. 10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. 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’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon 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 upon their heads toward heaven. 13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

1 En op 'n dag toe die seuns van God kom om hulle voor die HERE te stel, het die Satan ook onder hulle gekom om hom voor die HERE te stel.

2 Toe vra die HERE vir die Satan: Waar kom jy vandaan? En die Satan antwoord die HERE en sê: Van 'n swerftog oor die aarde, wat ek deurkruis het.

3 En die HERE vra vir die Satan: Het jy ag gegee op my kneg Job? Want daar is niemand op die aarde soos hy nie: 'n man vroom en opreg, godvresend en wat afwyk van die kwaad; en hy volhard nog in sy vroomheid, alhoewel jy My teen hom opgehits het om hom te vernietig sonder oorsaak.

4 Toe het die Satan die HERE geantwoord en gesê: Huid vir huid, en alles wat iemand het, sal hy gee vir sy lewe;

5 maar strek net u hand uit en tas sy gebeente en sy vlees aan -- waarlik, hy sal U in u aangesig seën!

6 En die HERE sê aan die Satan: Kyk, hy is in jou hand; spaar net sy lewe.

7 En die Satan het weggegaan van die aangesig van die HERE, en hy het Job met bose swere getref, van sy voetsool tot sy skedel.

8 En hy het vir hom 'n potskerf geneem om hom daarmee te krap, terwyl hy in die as sit.

9 Toe sê sy vrou vir hom: Volhard jy nog in jou vroomheid? Seën God, en sterf!

10 Maar hy antwoord haar: Soos 'n dwaas praat, praat jy! Die goeie sou ons van God aanneem, en nie ook die slegte aanneem nie? By dit alles het Job nie gesondig met sy lippe nie.

11 En toe die drie vriende van Job hoor van al hierdie onheile wat hom getref het, het hulle gekom, elkeen uit sy woonplek: lifas, die Temaniet, en Bildad, die Suhiet, en Sofar, die Naämatiet; en hulle het volgens afspraak byeengekom om hom hul deelneming te betuig en hom te troos.

12 En toe hulle op 'n afstand hul oë opslaan en hom nie herken nie, het hulle hul stem verhef en geween; ook het hulle elkeen sy mantel geskeur en stof op hul hoofde gestrooi na die hemel toe.

13 En hulle het by hom op die grond gaan sit, sewe dae en sewe nagte lank, sonder dat iemand 'n woord met hom gepraat het; want hulle het gesien dat die smart baie groot was.