⁷ So Satan went away. He caused Job to have boils all over his body. They hurt him everywhere, from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.

⁸ Job was very upset and he sat down among some ashes. He used a piece of a broken pot to remove the bad bits of skin.

⁹ His wife said to him, ‘You cannot continue to trust God! Instead, you should curse God and then die.’