Job 2

Satan Attacks Job's Health

1 Again m 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 And the Lord said to Satan, "From where have you come?" Satan answered the Lord and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it." 3 And the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still n holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him o without reason." 4 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, "Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life. 5 But p stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will q curse you to your face." 6 And the Lord said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life."

7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome r sores from s the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. 8 And he took t a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in u the ashes.

9 Then his wife said to him, "Do you still v hold fast your integrity? q Curse God and die." 10 But he said to her, "You speak as one of the w foolish women would speak. x Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?" 1 y In all this Job did not z sin with his lips.

Job's Three Friends

11 Now when Job's three a friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz b the Temanite, Bildad c the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to d show him sympathy and comfort him. 12 And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they e tore their robes and sprinkled f dust on their heads toward heaven. 13 And they sat with him on the ground g seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.

  1. Cross References
    Job 1:6
    Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.
  2. Cross References
    Job 2:9
    Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.
    Job 27:5 - 6
    Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
  3. Cross References
    Job 9:17
    For he crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause.
  4. Cross References
    Job 1:11
    But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.
  5. Cross References
    Job 1:5
    And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 9:9
    It shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and become boils breaking out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.
    Leviticus 13:18
    If there is in the skin of one's body a boil and it heals.
    Deuteronomy 28:27
    The Lord will strike you with the boils of Egypt, and with tumors and scabs and itch, of which you cannot be healed.
  7. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 28:35
    The Lord will strike you on the knees and on the legs with grievous boils of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.
    Isaiah 1:6
    From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil.
  8. Cross References
    Job 41:30
    His underparts are like sharp potsherds; he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire.
  9. Cross References
    Job 42:6
    Therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
    Ezekiel 27:30
    And shout aloud over you and cry out bitterly. They cast dust on their heads and wallow in ashes.
    Jonah 3:6
    The word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
    Matthew 11:21
    Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
  10. Cross References
    Job 2:3
    And the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason.
  11. Cross References
    Job 2:5
    But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 74:18
    Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name.
    Psalms 74:22
    Arise, O God, defend your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!
  13. Cross References
    James 5:10 - 11
    As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
  14. Cross References
    Job 1:22
    In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 39:1
    I said, "I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.
  16. Cross References
    Proverbs 17:17
    A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
  17. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 1:45
    Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
  18. Cross References
    Genesis 25:2
    She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
    1 Chronicles 1:32
    The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
  19. Cross References
    Job 42:11
    Then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him. And each of them gave him a piece of money and a ring of gold.
    Romans 12:15
    Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
  20. Cross References
    Genesis 37:29
    When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes
  21. Cross References
    Joshua 7:6
    Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads.
    Nehemiah 9:1
    Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with earth on their heads.
    Lamentations 2:10
    The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
    Ezekiel 27:30
    And shout aloud over you and cry out bitterly. They cast dust on their heads and wallow in ashes.
  22. Cross References
    Ezekiel 3:15
    And I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were dwelling by the Chebar canal, and I sat where they were dwelling. And I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.
    Genesis 50:10
    When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and grievous lamentation, and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
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