1 Num dia em que os filhos de Deus vieram apresentar-se perante Jeová, sucedeu vir também Satanás entre eles apresentar-se perante Jeová.

2 Perguntou Jeová a Satanás: Donde vens? Respondeu Satanás a Jeová: De rodear a terra e de passear por ela.

3 Disse Jeová a Satanás: Acaso notaste o meu servo Jó? pois não há ninguém semelhante a ele na terra, homem íntegro e reto, que teme a Deus e que se desvia do mal. Ele ainda conserva a sua integridade embora me incitasses contra ele, para o consumir sem causa.

4 Respondeu Satanás a Jeová: Pele por pele, tudo quanto o homem tem dará pela sua vida.

5 Mas estende a mão agora, e toca-lhe nos ossos e na carne, e ele te renunciará à tua face.

6 Disse Jeová a Satanás: Eis que ele está ao teu dispor; somente poupa-lhe a vida.

7 Saiu Satanás da presença de Jeová, e feriu a Jó de úlceras malignas desde a planta do pé até o alto da cabeça.

8 Jó, sentado em cinza, tomou um caco para com ele se raspar.

9 Sua mulher disse-lhe: Conservas tu ainda a tua integridade? renuncia a Deus e morre.

10 Mas ele lhe disse: Estás falando como fala uma mulher tola. Que? receberemos o bem da mão de Deus, e não receberemos o mal? Em tudo isso não pecou Jó com os seus lábios.

11 Tendo ouvido três amigos de Jó todo este mal que lhe havia sucedido, vieram, cada um do seu lugar; Elifaz temanita, Bildade suíta e Zofar naamatita. Tinham combinado para irem condoer-se dele e consolá-lo.

12 Tendo de longe olhado para ele, e não o conhecendo, levantaram a voz e choraram; e rasgou cada um o seu manto, lançando pó ao ar sobre a sua cabeça.

13 Sentaram-se com ele na terra sete dias e sete noites, e nenhum deles lhe dizia palavra; pois viam que a dor era mui grande.

1 And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.

2 And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.

3 And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.

4 And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.

5 But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.

6 And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.

7 And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.

8 And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.

9 And his wife said to him, Are you still keeping your righteousness? Say a curse against God, and put an end to yourself.

10 And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.

11 And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.

12 And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.

13 And they took their seats on the earth by his side for seven days and seven nights: but no one said a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.