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One day the members of the heavenly court 1 came again to present themselves before the Lord , and the Accuser, Satan, 2 came with them.
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“Where have you come from?” the Lord asked Satan. Satan answered the Lord , “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that’s going on.”
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Then the Lord asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless - a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil. And he has maintained his integrity, even though you urged me to harm him without cause.”
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Satan replied to the Lord , “Skin for skin! A man will give up everything he has to save his life.
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But reach out and take away his health, and he will surely curse you to your face!”
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“All right, do with him as you please,” the Lord said to Satan. “But spare his life.”
7 So Satan left the Lord ’s presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot. 8 Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes.
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His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die.”
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But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong.