What Happened to Job's Body |
Job 2:1-13 Book of Job [in Smaller Chunks] |
Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord. Satan also came among them to present himself to the Lord. The Lord said to Satan [Where] have you come from? Satan answered the Lord & said, From going to & fro [on] the earth & from walking up & down [on] it. |
The Lord said to Satan, [Have] you considered My servant, Job? There [are] none like him [on all] the earth. A [blameless] & upright man. One [who] fears [respects] God & [avoids] evil & still [holds tight to] his integrity, although you moved Me against [Job] to destroy him without cause. |
Satan answered the Lord & said, Skin for skin, all a man has, he will give for his life. But put [out] Your hand now & touch his flesh & bone & he will curse You to Your face. |
The Lord said to Satan, [Look, Job's] in your hand, but save his life. So, Satan went [out] from the presence of the Lord & [struck] Job with [very painful] boils from the sole of his foot to the [top of his head.] |
[Then,] Job took a [piece of broken pottery] to scrape himself [with it.] And Job sat down among the ashes. Then, [Job's] wife said to him, [Do] you still [maintain] your integrity? Curse God & die. |
But [Job] said to her, You [speak like] one of the foolish women speak. What? Shall we [only] receive good at the hand of God & not receive [bad things, as well?] In all this, Job [didn't] sin with his lips & [what he said.] |
Now, when Job's 3 friends heard of all the [bad things] that [had] come upon [Job,] they [each] came from his own [area:] Eliphaz, the Temanite; Bildad, the Shuhite & Zophar, the Naamathite, for they [arranged] to come together to mourn with [Job]& to comfort him. |
When they [looked] up [from a far distance,] they [didn't know] him. They lifted up their [voices] & wept. [They each tore his cloak] & sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. |
So, they sat down with [Job] on the ground [for] 7 days & 7 nights [without saying] a word to [Job, because] they saw that Job's grief was very great. |