2:1. And it came to pass, when on a certain day the sons of God came,
and stood before the Lord, and Satan came amongst them, and stood in his
sight,
2:2. That the Lord said to Satan: Whence comest thou? And he answered,
and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it.
2:3. And the Lord said to Satan: Hast thou considered my servant, Job,
that there is none like him in the earth, a man simple and upright, and
fearing God, and avoiding evil, and still keeping his innocence? But
thou hast moved me against him, that I should afflict him without cause.
2:4. And Satan answered, and said: Skin for skin; and all that a man
hath, he will give for his life:
2:5. But put forth thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and then
thou shalt see that he will bless thee to thy face.
2:6. And the Lord said to Satan: Behold, he is in thy hand, but yet save
his life.
2:7. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job
with a very grievous ulcer, from the sole of the foot even to the top of
his head:
2:8. And he took a potsherd and scraped the corrupt matter, sitting on a
dunghill.
2:9. And his wife said to him: Dost thou still continue in thy
simplicity? bless God and die.
2:10. And he said to her: Thou hast spoken like one of the foolish
women: If we have received good things at the hand of God, why should we
not receive evil? In all these things Job did not sin with his lips.
2:11. Now when Job's three friends heard all the evil that had befallen
him, they came every one from his own place, Eliphaz, the Themanite, and
Baldad, the Suhite, and Sophar, the Naamathite. For they had made an
appointment to come together and visit him, and comfort him.
2:12. And when they had lifted up their eyes afar off, they knew him
not, and crying out, they wept, and rending their garments, they
sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
2:13. And they sat with him on the ground seven day and seven nights and
no man spoke to him a word: for they saw that his grief was very great.