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1. Then another day came for the angels to meet with the Lord. Satan was also there with them.
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1. Again there was H1961 a day H3117 when the sons H1121 of God H430 came H935 to present themselves H3320 before H5921 the LORD H3068 , and Satan H7854 came H935 also H1571 among H8432 them to present himself H3320 before H5921 the LORD H3068 .
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2. The Lord said to Satan, "Where have you been?" Satan answered the Lord, "I have been roaming around the earth, going from place to place."
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2. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Satan H7854 , From whence H335 H4480 H2088 comest H935 thou? And Satan H7854 answered H6030 H853 the LORD H3068 , and said H559 , From going to and fro H4480 H7751 in the earth H776 , and from walking up and down H4480 H1980 in it.
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3. Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you noticed my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him. He is a good, faithful man. He respects God and refuses to do evil. He is still faithful, even though you asked me to let you destroy, without reason, everything he has."
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3. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Satan H7854 , Hast thou considered H7760 H3820 H413 my servant H5650 Job H347 , that H3588 there is none H369 like him H3644 in the earth H776 , a perfect H8535 and an upright H3477 man H376 , one that feareth H3373 God H430 , and escheweth H5493 evil H4480 H7451 ? and still H5750 he holdeth fast H2388 his integrity H8538 , although thou movedst H5496 me against him , to destroy H1104 him without cause H2600 .
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4. Satan answered, "Skin for skin! A man will give everything he has to protect himself.
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4. And Satan H7854 answered H6030 H853 the LORD H3068 , and said H559 , Skin for skin H5785 H1157 H5785 , yea, all H3605 that H834 a man H376 hath will he give H5414 for H1157 his life H5315 .
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5. I swear, if you attack his flesh and bones, he will curse you to your face!"
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5. But H199 put forth H7971 thine hand H3027 now H4994 , and touch H5060 H413 his bone H6106 and his flesh H1320 , and H518 he will curse H1288 thee to H413 thy face H6440 .
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6. So the Lord said to Satan, "All right, Job is in your hands, but you are not allowed to kill him."
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6. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Satan H7854 , Behold H2009 , he is in thine hand H3027 ; but H389 save H8104 H853 his life H5315 .
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7. So Satan left the meeting with the Lord and gave Job painful sores all over his body, from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.
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7. So went Satan forth H3318 H7854 from H4480 H854 the presence H6440 of the LORD H3068 , and smote H5221 H853 Job H347 with sore H7451 boils H7822 from the sole H4480 H3709 of his foot H7272 unto H5704 his crown H6936 .
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8. Job sat on the pile of ashes where he was mourning and used a piece of broken pottery to scrape his sores.
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8. And he took H3947 him a potsherd H2789 to scrape himself H1623 withal ; and he H1931 sat down H3427 among H8432 the ashes H665 .
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9. His wife said to him, "Are you still holding on to your faith? Why don't you just curse God and die!"
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9. Then said H559 his wife H802 unto him , Dost thou still H5750 retain H2388 thine integrity H8538 ? curse H1288 God H430 , and die H4191 .
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10. Job answered, "You sound like one of those fools on the street corner! How can we accept all the good things that God gives us and not accept the problems?" So even after all that happened to Job, he did not sin. He did not accuse God of doing anything wrong.
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10. But he said H559 unto H413 her , Thou speakest H1696 as one H259 of the foolish women H5036 speaketh H1696 . What H1571 ? shall we receive H6901 H853 good H2896 at the hand H4480 H854 of God H430 , and shall we not H3808 receive H6901 evil H7451 ? In all H3605 this H2063 did not H3808 Job H347 sin H2398 with his lips H8193 .
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11. Job's three friends heard about all the bad things that happened to him, so Eliphaz came from Teman, Bildad from Shuah, and Zophar from Naamah. They met together and went to comfort Job and show him their sympathy.
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11. Now when Job H347 's three H7969 friends H7453 heard H8085 H853 of all H3605 this H2063 evil H7451 that was come H935 upon H5921 him , they came H935 every one H376 from his own place H4480 H4725 ; Eliphaz H464 the Temanite H8489 , and Bildad H1085 the Shuhite H7747 , and Zophar H6691 the Naamathite H5284 : for they had made an appointment H3259 together H3162 to come H935 to mourn H5110 with him and to comfort H5162 him.
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12. But his friends didn't even recognize him when they first saw him in the distance! They began to cry loudly. They tore their clothes and threw dirt in the air over their heads to show how sad they were.
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12. And when they lifted up H5375 H853 their eyes H5869 afar off H4480 H7350 , and knew H5234 him not H3808 , they lifted up H5375 their voice H6963 , and wept H1058 ; and they rent H7167 every one H376 his mantle H4598 , and sprinkled H2236 dust H6083 upon H5921 their heads H7218 toward heaven H8064 .
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13. Then they sat on the ground with Job for seven days and seven nights. They didn't say a word, because they saw he was in so much pain.
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13. So they sat down H3427 with H854 him upon the ground H776 seven H7651 days H3117 and seven H7651 nights H3915 , and none H369 spoke H1696 a word H1697 unto H413 him: for H3588 they saw H7200 that H3588 his grief H3511 was very great H1431 H3966 .
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