Job 2
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1Again, on the day when the God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh. 2Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.” 3Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.” 4Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. 5But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.” 6Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.” 7So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head. 8He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes. 9Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.” 10But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips. 11Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him. 12When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn’t recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky. 13So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
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“But he said to her, 'You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?' In all this Job did not sin with his lips.”
Job 2:10
Summary
In Job chapter 2, the narrative continues as a celestial gathering occurs again. God commends Job for his integrity despite his immense suffering. Satan challenges God by suggesting that Job remains faithful only because he still has his health. God permits Satan to afflict Job physically but forbids him from taking Job's life. Satan strikes Job with painful sores from head to foot, leaving him miserable and grieving. Job's wife, seeing his condition, suggests that he curse God and die, but Job rebukes her, maintaining his faithfulness to God despite his anguish. The chapter concludes with the arrival of Job's three friends—Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar—who come to comfort him. Their initial reaction is profound grief; they sit in silence for seven days and nights, witnessing Job's immense suffering. Key themes include the testing of faith, the endurance of suffering, and the challenge of maintaining integrity amidst trials. This chapter sets the stage for the dialogues that follow, exploring the nature of suffering and divine justice, while emphasizing Job's unwavering devotion to God.
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