Job 2:1-8

1 On another day the angels[a] came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him.
2 And the LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”
3 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”
4 “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his own life.
5 But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
6 The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.”
7 So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.

Cross References 13

  • 1. "fn" Genesis 6:2
  • 2. S Job 1:6
  • 3. S Genesis 3:1
  • 4. S Exodus 20:20; S Job 1:1,8
  • 5. Job 6:29; Job 13:18; Job 27:6; Job 31:6; Job 32:1; Job 40:8
  • 6. Job 9:17; Psalms 44:17
  • 7. S Job 1:10
  • 8. Job 16:8; Job 19:20; Job 33:21; Psalms 102:5; Lamentations 4:8
  • 9. S Exodus 20:7; S Job 1:11
  • 10. 2 Corinthians 12:7
  • 11. S Job 1:12
  • 12. S Deuteronomy 28:35; Job 7:5; S Job 16:16
  • 13. Genesis 18:27; Esther 4:3; Job 16:15; Job 19:9; Job 30:19; Job 42:6; Psalms 7:5; Isaiah 58:5; Isaiah 61:3; Jeremiah 6:26; Lamentations 3:29; Ezekiel 26:16; Ezekiel 27:30; Jnh 3:5-8,6; Matthew 11:21

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Hebrew "the sons of God"
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