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World English Bible

Job 2 (WEBP)

[1] Again, on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.
[2] Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth on the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”
[3] Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on 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.”
[4] Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
[5] But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”
[6] Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”
[7] So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.
[8] He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
[9] Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.”
[10] But 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.
[11] Now 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.
[12] When 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.
[13] So 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.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Job 2 (KJVS)

[1] Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord.
[2] And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
[3] And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
[4] And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
[5] But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
[6] And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
[7] So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
[8] And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
[9] Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
[10] But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
[11] Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
[12] And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, 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 spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

Job 2:3 Heb. to swallow him up
Job 2:6 Or, only

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Job 2 (BYZ)

[1] Ἐγένετο () δὲ () ὡς () ἡ () ἡμέρα () αὕτη () καὶ () ἦλθον () οἱ () ἄγγελοι () τοῦ () θεοῦ () παραστῆναι () ἔναντι () κυρίου, () καὶ () ὁ () διάβολος () ἦλθεν () ἐν () μέσῳ () αὐτῶν () παραστῆναι () ἐναντίον () τοῦ () κυρίου. ()
[2] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () κύριος () τῷ () διαβόλῳ () Πόθεν () σὺ () ἔρχῃ; () Τότε () εἶπεν () ὁ () διάβολος () ἐνώπιον () τοῦ () κυρίου () Διαπορευθεὶς () τὴν () ὑπ’ () οὐρανὸν () καὶ () ἐμπεριπατήσας () τὴν () σύμπασαν πάρειμι. ()
[3] Εἶπεν () δὲ () ὁ () κύριος () πρὸς () τὸν () διάβολον () Προσέσχες () οὖν () τῷ () θεράποντί () μου () Ιωβ, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔστιν () κατ’ () αὐτὸν () τῶν () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς () ἄνθρωπος () ἄκακος, () ἀληθινός, () ἄμεμπτος, () θεοσεβής, () ἀπεχόμενος ἀπὸ () παντὸς () κακοῦ; () Ἔτι () δὲ () ἔχεται () ἀκακίας· σὺ () δὲ () εἶπας () τὰ () ὑπάρχοντα () αὐτοῦ () διὰ () κενῆς () ἀπολέσαι. ()
[4] Ὑπολαβὼν () δὲ () ὁ () διάβολος () εἶπεν () τῷ () κυρίῳ () Δέρμα () ὑπὲρ () δέρματος· () ὅσα () ὑπάρχει () ἀνθρώπῳ, () ὑπὲρ () τῆς () ψυχῆς () αὐτοῦ () ἐκτείσει·
[5] οὐ () μὴν () δὲ () ἀλλὰ () ἀποστείλας () τὴν () χεῖρά () σου () ἅψαι () τῶν () ὀστῶν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τῶν () σαρκῶν () αὐτοῦ· () εἰ () μὴν () εἰς () πρόσωπόν () σε () εὐλογήσει. ()
[6] Εἶπεν () δὲ () ὁ () κύριος () τῷ () διαβόλῳ () Ἰδοὺ () παραδίδωμί () σοι () αὐτόν, () μόνον () τὴν () ψυχὴν () αὐτοῦ () διαφύλαξον. ()
[7] Ἐξῆλθεν () δὲ () ὁ () διάβολος () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () κυρίου () καὶ () ἔπαισεν () τὸν () Ιωβ () ἕλκει () πονηρῷ () ἀπὸ () ποδῶν () ἕως () κεφαλῆς. ()
[8] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () ὄστρακον, ἵνα () τὸν () ἰχῶρα ξύῃ, καὶ () ἐκάθητο () ἐπὶ () τῆς () κοπρίας () ἔξω () τῆς () πόλεως. ()
[9] Χρόνου () δὲ () πολλοῦ () προβεβηκότος () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () ἡ () γυνὴ () αὐτοῦ () Μέχρι () τίνος () καρτερήσεις () λέγων () Ἰδοὺ () ἀναμένω () χρόνον () ἔτι () μικρὸν προσδεχόμενος () τὴν () ἐλπίδα () τῆς () σωτηρίας () μου; () ἰδοὺ () γὰρ () ἠφάνισταί () σου () τὸ () μνημόσυνον () ἀπὸ () τῆς () γῆς, () υἱοὶ () καὶ () θυγατέρες, () ἐμῆς () κοιλίας () ὠδῖνες () καὶ () πόνοι, () οὓς () εἰς () τὸ () κενὸν () ἐκοπίασα () μετὰ () μόχθων. () σύ () τε () αὐτὸς () ἐν () σαπρίᾳ σκωλήκων () κάθησαι () διανυκτερεύων () αἴθριος· κἀγὼ () πλανῆτις καὶ () λάτρις τόπον () ἐκ () τόπου () περιερχομένη () καὶ () οἰκίαν () ἐξ () οἰκίας () προσδεχομένη () τὸν () ἥλιον () πότε () δύσεται, () ἵνα () ἀναπαύσωμαι () τῶν () μόχθων () καὶ () τῶν () ὀδυνῶν, () αἵ () με () νῦν () συνέχουσιν. () ἀλλὰ () εἰπόν () τι () ῥῆμα () εἰς () κύριον () καὶ () τελεύτα. ()
[10] Ὁ () δὲ () ἐμβλέψας () εἶπεν () αὐτῇ () Ὥσπερ () μία () τῶν () ἀφρόνων () γυναικῶν () ἐλάλησας· () εἰ () τὰ () ἀγαθὰ () ἐδεξάμεθα () ἐκ () χειρὸς () κυρίου, () τὰ () κακὰ () οὐχ () ὑποίσομεν; () Ἐν () πᾶσιν () τούτοις () τοῖς () συμβεβηκόσιν () αὐτῷ () οὐδὲν () ἥμαρτεν () Ιωβ () τοῖς () χείλεσιν () ἐναντίον () τοῦ () θεοῦ. ()
[11] Ἀκούσαντες () δὲ () οἱ () τρεῖς () φίλοι () αὐτοῦ () τὰ () κακὰ () πάντα () τὰ () ἐπελθόντα () αὐτῷ () παρεγένοντο () ἕκαστος () ἐκ () τῆς () ἰδίας () χώρας () πρὸς () αὐτόν, () Ελιφας ὁ () Θαιμανων βασιλεύς, () Βαλδαδ ὁ () Σαυχαίων τύραννος, Σωφαρ ὁ () Μιναίων βασιλεύς, () καὶ () παρεγένοντο () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () ὁμοθυμαδὸν () τοῦ () παρακαλέσαι () καὶ () ἐπισκέψασθαι () αὐτόν. ()
[12] Ἰδόντες () δὲ () αὐτὸν () πόρρωθεν () οὐκ () ἐπέγνωσαν () καὶ () βοήσαντες () φωνῇ () μεγάλῃ () ἔκλαυσαν () ῥήξαντες () ἕκαστος () τὴν () ἑαυτοῦ () στολὴν () καὶ () καταπασάμενοι γῆν. ()
[13] Παρεκάθισαν () αὐτῷ () ἑπτὰ () ἡμέρας () καὶ () ἑπτὰ () νύκτας, () καὶ () οὐδεὶς () αὐτῶν () ἐλάλησεν· () ἑώρων () γὰρ () τὴν () πληγὴν () δεινὴν οὖσαν () καὶ () μεγάλην () σφόδρα. ()

Job 2:9 Originally verses 2:9 and 2:9a–e.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.