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Again there was a day[H3117] when the sons[H1121] of God[H430]came[H935] to present[H3320] themselves before the LORD[H3068], and Satan[H7854]came[H935] also among[H8432] them to present[H3320] himself before the LORD[H3068].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Satan[H7854], From whence[H335]comest[H935] thou? And Satan[H7854]answered[H6030] the LORD[H3068], and said[H559], From going to and fro[H7751] in the earth[H776], and from walking up and down[H1980] in it.
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Satan[H7854], Hast thou[H7760]considered[H3820] my servant[H5650]Job[H347], that there is none like him in the earth[H776], a perfect[H8535] and an upright[H3477]man[H376], one that feareth[H3373]God[H430], and escheweth[H5493]evil?[H7451] and still he holdeth fast[H2388] his integrity[H8538], although thou[H7760]movedst[H5496] me against him, to destroy[H1104] him without cause[H2600].
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And Satan[H7854]answered[H6030] the LORD[H3068], and said[H559], Skin[H5785] for skin[H5785], yea, all that a man[H376] hath will he give[H5414] for his life[H5315].
5But[H199] put forth[H7971] thine hand[H3027] now, and touch[H5060] his bone[H6106] and his flesh[H1320], and he will curse[H1288] thee to thy face[H6440].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Satan[H7854], Behold, he is in thine hand[H3027]; but save[H8104] his life[H5315].
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So went[H3318]Satan[H7854]forth[H3318] from the presence[H6440] of the LORD[H3068], and smote[H5221]Job[H347] with sore[H7451]boils[H7822] from the sole[H3709] of his foot[H7272] unto his crown[H6936].
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And he took[H3947] him a potsherd[H2789] to scrape[H1623] himself withal; and he sat down[H3427]among[H8432] the ashes[H665].
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Then said[H559] his wife[H802] unto him, Dost thou still retain[H2388] thine integrity?[H8538]curse[H1288]God[H430], and die[H4191].
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But he said[H559] unto her, Thou speakest[H1696] as one[H259] of the foolish women[H5036]speaketh[H1696]. What?[H1571] shall we receive[H6901]good[H2896] at the hand of God[H430], and shall we not receive[H6901]evil?[H7451] In all this did not Job[H347]sin[H2398] with his lips[H8193].
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Now when Job's three[H7969]friends[H7453]heard[H8085] of all this evil[H7451] that was come[H935] upon him, they came[H935] every one[H376] from his own place[H4725]; Eliphaz[H464] the Temanite[H8489], and Bildad[H1085] the Shuhite[H7747], and Zophar[H6691] the Naamathite[H5284]: for they had made an appointment[H3259]together[H3162] to come[H935] to mourn[H5110] with him and to comfort[H5162] him.
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And when they lifted up[H5375] their eyes[H5869] afar off[H7350], and knew[H5234] him not, they lifted up[H5375] their voice[H6963], and wept[H1058]; and they rent[H7167] every one[H376] his mantle[H4598], and sprinkled[H2236]dust[H6083] upon their heads[H7218] toward heaven[H8064].
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So they sat down[H3427] with him upon the ground[H776]seven[H7651]days[H3117] and seven[H7651]nights[H3915], and none spake[H1696] a word[H1697] unto him: for they saw[H7200] that his grief[H3511] was very[H3966]great[H1431].