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1. One day the sons of God came again to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before the LORD.
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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 asked Satan, "Where have you come from?" "From roaming through the earth," Satan answered Him, "and walking around on it."
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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 considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him, to destroy him without just cause."
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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. "Skin for skin!" Satan answered the LORD. "A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life.
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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. But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely 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. "Very well," the LORD told Satan, "he is in your power; only spare his life."
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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 LORD's presence and infected Job with incurable boils from the sole of his foot 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. Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.
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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, "Do you still retain your integrity? 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. "You speak as a foolish woman speaks," he told her. "Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?" Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.
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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. Now when Job's three friends-- Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite-- heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and offer sympathy and comfort to him.
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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. When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognize him. They wept aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.
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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 him seven days and nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering was very intense.
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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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