21 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord , and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord . 2 The Lord said to Satan , "Where have you come from?" Then Satan answered the Lord and said , "From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it." 3 The Lord said to Satan , "Have you considered e e My servant Job ? For there is no one like him on the earth , a blameless and upright man fearing God and turning away from evil . And he still holds fast his integrity , although you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause ." 4 Satan answered the Lord and said , "Skin for skin ! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life . 5 " However , put forth Your hand now , and touch his bone and his flesh ; he will curse You to Your face ." 6 So the Lord said to Satan , "Behold , he is in your power , only spare his life ."
7 Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head . 8 And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes . 9 Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity ? Curse God and die !" 10 But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks . Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity ?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips .
11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place , Eliphaz the Temanite , Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite ; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him. 12 When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept . And each of them tore his robe and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky . 13 Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great .
