2:1 Again the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also arrived among them to present himself before the Lord. ¹  2:2 And the Lord said to Satan, “Where do you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, ²  “From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.” ³  2:3 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly ⁴  to his integrity, ⁵  so that ⁶  you stirred me up to destroy him ⁷  without reason.” ⁸ 

2:4 But ⁹  Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for ¹⁰  skin! ¹¹  Indeed, a man will give up ¹²  all that he has to save his life! ¹³  2:5 But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, ¹⁴  and he will no doubt ¹⁵  curse you to your face!”

2:6 So the Lord said to Satan, “All right, ¹⁶  he is ¹⁷  in your power; ¹⁸  only preserve ¹⁹  his life.”

2:7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted ²⁰  Job with a malignant ulcer ²¹  from the sole of his feet to the top of his head. ²²  2:8 Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape ²³  himself ²⁴  with while he was sitting ²⁵  among the ashes. ²⁶ 

2:9 Then ²⁷  his wife said to him, “Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? ²⁸  Curse ²⁹  God, and die!” ³⁰  2:10 But he replied, ³¹  “You’re talking like one of the godless ³²  women would do! Should we receive ³³  what is good from God, and not also ³⁴  receive ³⁵  what is evil?” ³⁶  In all this Job did not sin by what he said. ³⁷ 

2:11 When Job’s three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country ³⁹  – Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. ⁴⁰  They met together ⁴¹  to come to show sympathy ⁴²  for him and to console ⁴³  him. 2:12 But when they gazed intently ⁴⁴  from a distance but did not recognize ⁴⁵  him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads. ⁴⁶  2:13 Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain ⁴⁷  was very great. ⁴⁸