The Adversary’s Attack on Job’s Person
1 And thenLiterally "And it came to be," or "and it happened" one day the sons of GodOr "the heavenly beings," or "the angels" came to present themselves before Yahweh, and SatanHebrew "the accuser," or "the adversary" also came into their midst to present himself before Yahweh. 2 SoHebrew "And" Yahweh askedLiterally "said to" Satan,Hebrew "the accuser," or "the adversary" "From where have you come?"
And SatanHebrew "the accuser," or "the adversary" answered Yahweh and said, "From roaming on the earth and from walking about in it."
3 SoHebrew "And" Yahweh askedLiterally "said to" Satan,Hebrew "the accuser," or "the adversary" "Have you consideredLiterally "set your heart" my servant Job? Indeed,Or "For" or "Because" there is no one like him on the earth—a blameless man and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil. And still he persists in his blamelessness even thoughHebrew "and" you incited me against him to destroy him for nothing."
4 ThenHebrew "And" SatanHebrew "the accuser," or "the adversary" answered him and said, "Skin for skin! All that thatLiterally "the" man has he will give for his life. 5 But stretch outOr "please" your hand and touch his bones and his flesh, and see whetherLiterally "if not" he will curseLiterally "bless"—negative meaning by context you to your face."Hebrew "your faces"
6 SoLiterally "And it happened the/one day" Yahweh said to Satan,Hebrew "the accuser," or "the adversary" "All right,Literally "Look" he is in your power.Literally "hand" Only spare his life."
Job’s Blameless Behavior
7 SoHebrew "And" SatanHebrew "the accuser," or "the adversary" went out from Yahweh’s presence,Literally "the faces of Yahweh" and he inflicted Job with loathsome skin sores from the sole of his foot up to the crown of his head. 8 SoHebrew "And" he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and he sat in the midst of the ashes.
9 ThenHebrew "And" his wife said to him, "Are you still persisting in your blamelessness? CurseLiterally "Bless"—negative meaning by context God and die."
10 SoHebrew "And" he said to her, "You speak like one of the foolish women speaks. Indeed, should we receive the good from God, butOr "and" not receive the evil?" In all this, Job did not sin with his lips.
11 ThusHebrew "And" Job’s three friends heard of this calamity that had come upon him. SoHebrew "And" each set out from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite. And they metOr "they agreed" together to come to console him and to comfort him.
12 ThusHebrew "And" they lifted up their eyesOr "they gazed" from afar, butHebrew "and" they did not recognize him, soHebrew "and" they raised their voice, and they wept, and each man tore his outer garmentOr "robe" and threw dust on their heads toward the sky.Or "in the air"; literally "to the heavens"13 ThenHebrew "And" they sat with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, butHebrew "and" no one spokeOr "there was no speaking" a word to him because they saw that hisLiterally "the" suffering was very great.
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