Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, (A)a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he (B)holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, (C)to [a]destroy him without cause.”

So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. (D)But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his (E)bone and his flesh, and he will surely [b]curse You to Your face!”

(F)And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:3 Lit. consume
  2. Job 2:5 Lit. bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5

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