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7 Satan left God and struck Job with terrible sores. Job was ulcers and scabs from head to foot.
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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 They itched and oozed so badly that he took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself, then went and sat on a trash heap, among the ashes.
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Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.
9 His wife said, "Still holding on to your precious integrity, are you? Curse God and be done with it!"
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His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”
10 He told her, "You're talking like an empty-headed fool. We take the good days from God - why not also the bad days?" Not once through all this did Job sin. He said nothing against God. Job's Three Friends
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He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
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