1 Num outro dia os anjos vieram apresentar-se ao Senhor, e Satanás também veio com eles para apresentar-se.
2 E o Senhor disse a Satanás, "De onde você vem? " Satanás respondeu ao Senhor: "De perambular pela terra e andar por ela".
3 Disse então o Senhor a Satanás: "Reparou em meu servo Jó? Não há ninguém na terra como ele, irrepreensível, íntegro, homem que teme a Deus e evita o mal. Ele se mantém íntegro, apesar de você me haver instigado contra ele para arruiná-lo sem motivo".
4 "Pele por pele! ", respondeu Satanás. "Um homem dará tudo o que tem por sua vida.
5 Estende a tua mão e fere a sua carne e os seus ossos, e com certeza ele te amaldiçoará na tua face. "
6 O Senhor disse a Satanás: "Pois bem, ele está nas suas mãos; apenas poupe a vida dele".
7 Saiu, pois, Satanás da presença do Senhor e afligiu Jó com feridas terríveis, da sola dos pés ao alto da cabeça.
8 Então Jó apanhou um caco de louça com o qual se raspava, sentado entre as cinzas.
9 Então sua mulher lhe disse: "Você ainda mantém a sua integridade? Amaldiçoe a Deus, e morra! "
10 Ele respondeu: "Você fala como uma insensata. Aceitaremos o bem dado por Deus, e não o mal? " Em tudo isso Jó não pecou com os lábios.
11 Quando três amigos de Jó, Elifaz, de Temã, Bildade, de Suá, e Zofar, de Naamate, souberam de todos os males que o haviam atingido, saíram, cada um da sua região, e combinaram encontrar-se para mostrar solidariedade a Jó e consolá-lo.
12 Quando o viram à distância, mal puderam reconhecê-lo e começaram a chorar em alta voz. Cada um deles rasgou o manto e colocou terra sobre a cabeça.
13 Depois se assentaram no chão com ele, durante sete dias e sete noites. Ninguém lhe disse uma palavra, pois viam como era grande o seu sofrimento.
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 where come you? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.
3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one that fears God, and turns away from 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, yea, 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 unto Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; but spare his life.
7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot unto the crown of his head.
8 And he took himself a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat down among the ashes.
9 Then said his wife unto him, Do you still retain your integrity? curse God, and die.
10 But he said unto 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’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 tore 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 spoke a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.