1 Certo dia, os anjos vieram outra vez à presença do Senhor, e Satanás, o acusador, veio com eles. 2 "De onde você vem?", perguntou o Senhor.

Satanás respondeu: "Estive rodeando a terra, observando o que nela acontece".

3 Então o Senhor perguntou: "Você reparou em meu servo Jó? Não há ninguém na terra como ele. É homem íntegro e correto, teme a Deus e se mantém afastado do mal. E não perdeu sua integridade, apesar de você me ter instigado a prejudicá-lo sem motivo".

4 Satanás respondeu: "Pele por pele! Um homem dará tudo que tem para salvar a própria vida. 5 Estende tua mão e tira a saúde dele, e certamente ele te amaldiçoará na tua face!".

6 "Pois bem", disse o Senhor. "Faça o que quiser com ele, mas poupe-lhe a vida." 7 Então Satanás saiu da presença do Senhor e causou em Jó feridas terríveis, da sola dos pés ao alto da cabeça.

8 Jó, sentado em meio a cinzas, raspava a pele com um caco de cerâmica. 9 Sua esposa lhe disse: "Você ainda tenta manter sua integridade? Amaldiçoe a Deus e morra!".

10 Jó respondeu: "Você fala como uma mulher insensata. Aceitaremos da mão de Deus apenas as coisas boas e nunca o mal?". Em tudo isso, Jó não pecou com seus lábios.

11 Quando três amigos de Jó souberam das tragédias que o haviam atingido, cada um saiu de onde vivia e os três foram juntos consolá-lo e animá-lo. Seus nomes eram Elifaz, de Temã, Bildade, de Suá, e Zofar, de Naamá. 12 Quando viram Jó de longe, mal o reconheceram. Choraram alto, rasgaram seus mantos e jogaram terra ao ar, sobre a cabeça. 13 Depois, sentaram-se no chão com ele durante sete dias e sete noites. Não disseram nada, pois viram que o sofrimento de Jó era grande demais.

1 Again it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before LORD, that Satan came also among them to present himself before LORD.

2 And LORD said to Satan, From where did thou come? And Satan answered LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.

3 And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although thou m

4 And Satan answered LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has he will give for his life.

5 But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.

6 And LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand, only spare his life.

7 So Satan went forth from the presence of LORD, and smote Job with severe boils from the sole of his foot to his crown.

8 And he took a potsherd for him to scrape himself with it, and he sat among the ashes.

9 Then his wife said to him, Do thou still hold fast thine integrity? Renounce God, and die.

10 But he said to her, Thou speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that came upon him, they came each one from his own place--Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite--and they made an appointment together to come t

12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and did not recognize him, they lifted up their voice, and wept. And each one tore his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights. And none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.