1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, and Satan came also among them to present himself before Jehovah.

2 And Jehovah said to Satan, From where do you come? So Satan answered Jehovah and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking about on it.

3 Then Jehovah said to Satan, Have you set your heart on My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil? And still he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to swallow him up without cause.

4 So Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin! Yea, all that a man has he will give for his soul.

5 But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse You to Your face!

6 And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand, but keep his soul alive.

7 So Satan went out from the presence of Jehovah, and struck Job with malignant inflammation from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.

8 And he took a potsherd with which to scrape himself; and he sat down in the middle of the ashes.

9 Then his wife said to him, Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!

10 But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish ones speak. Shall we indeed receive good from God, and shall we not accept adversity? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, each one came from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come and show sympathy for him, and to comfort him.

12 And when they lifted up their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted up their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the heavens.

13 So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

1 E, VINDO outro 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? E respondeu Satanás ao Senhor, e disse: De rodear a terra, e passear por ela. 3 E disse o Senhor a Satanás: Observaste o meu servo Jó? Porque ninguém há na terra semelhante a ele, homem sincero e reto, temente a Deus, desviando-se do mal, e que ainda retém a sua sinceridade, havendo-me tu incitado contra ele, para o consumir sem causa. 4 Então Satanás respondeu ao Senhor, e disse: Pele por pele, e tudo quanto o homem tem dará pela sua vida. 5 Estende, porém, a tua mão, e toca-lhe nos ossos, e na carne, e verás se não blasfema de ti na tua face! 6 E disse o Senhor a Satanás: Eis que ele está na tua mão; poupa, porém, a sua vida. 7 Então saiu Satanás da presença do Senhor, e feriu a Jó duma chaga maligna, desde a planta do pé até ao alto da cabeça. 8 E Jó, tomando um pedaço de telha para raspar com ele as feridas, assentou-se no meio da cinza. 9 Então sua mulher lhe disse: Ainda reténs a tua sinceridade? amaldiçoa a Deus, e morre. 10 Mas ele lhe disse: Como fala qualquer doida, assim falas tu; receberemos o bem de Deus, e não receberíamos o mal? Em tudo isto não pecou Jó com os seus lábios. 11 Ouvindo pois três amigos de Jó todo este mal que tinha vindo sobre ele, vieram cada um do seu lugar: Elifaz o temanita, e Bildade o suíta, e Sofar o naamatita; e concertaram juntamente virem condoer-se dele, e consolá-lo. 12 E, levantando de longe os seus olhos e não o conhecendo, levantaram a sua voz e choraram; e rasgando cada um o seu manto, sobre as suas cabeças lançaram pó ao ar. 13 E se assentaram juntamente com ele na terra, sete dias e sete noites; e nenhum lhe dizia palavra alguma, porque viam que a dor era muito grande.