1 factum est autem cum quadam die venissent filii Dei
et starent coram Domino
venisset quoque Satan inter eos et staret in conspectu eius
2 ut diceret Dominus ad Satan unde venis
qui respondens ait circuivi terram et perambulavi eam
3 et dixit Dominus ad Satan
numquid considerasti servum meum Iob
quod non sit ei similis in terra
vir simplex et rectus timens Deum
ac recedens a malo et adhuc retinens innocentiam
tu autem commovisti me adversus eum
ut adfligerem illum frustra
4 cui respondens Satan ait
pellem pro pelle et cuncta quae habet homo dabit pro anima sua
5 alioquin mitte manum tuam et tange os eius et carnem
et tunc videbis quod in facie benedicat tibi
6 dixit ergo Dominus ad Satan ecce in manu tua est
verumtamen animam illius serva
7 egressus igitur Satan a facie Domini
percussit Iob ulcere pessimo a planta pedis usque ad verticem eius
8 qui testa saniem deradebat
sedens in sterquilinio
9 dixit autem illi uxor sua
adhuc tu permanes in simplicitate tua
benedic Deo et morere
10 qui ait ad illam quasi una de stultis
locuta es
si bona suscepimus de manu Domini
quare mala non suscipiamus
in omnibus his non peccavit Iob labiis suis
11 igitur audientes tres amici Iob omne malum quod accidisset ei
venerunt singuli de loco suo
Eliphaz Themanites et Baldad Suites et Sophar Naamathites
condixerant enim ut pariter venientes visitarent eum et consolarentur
12 cumque levassent procul oculos suos
non cognoverunt eum et exclamantes ploraverunt
scissisque vestibus sparserunt pulverem super caput suum in caelum
13 et sederunt cum eo in terram
septem diebus et septem noctibus
et nemo loquebatur ei verbum
videbant enim dolorem esse vehementem
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.