Job 2
Satan's Second Attack
1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. References Lord: James 1:12. References God: John 9:3, 1 Peter 5:10. Evil: Job 1:1, 1:8, Proverbs 15:8, 16:17. Parallel theme: Job 9:17, Philippians 3:12, 1 Peter 1:7 +5
4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. Parallel theme: Matthew 6:25, 16:26
5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. Curse: Job 1:5, 1:11, Leviticus 24:15
6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORDLord: יְהוָה / אֲדֹנָי (YHWH / Adonai). When 'LORD' appears in small capitals, it represents the Tetragrammaton YHWH (יְהוָה), God's personal covenant name meaning 'I AM.' When 'Lord' appears normally, it's Adonai (אֲדֹנָי), meaning 'my Lord,' emphasizing sovereignty., and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. References Lord: Deuteronomy 28:27, 28:35. Parallel theme: Job 30:30, Isaiah 1:6
8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. Parallel theme: Job 42:6, 2 Samuel 13:19, Psalms 38:5, 38:7, Isaiah 61:3, Jeremiah 6:26, Ezekiel 27:30, Jonah 3:6, Matthew 11:21 +4
9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse GodGod: אֱלֹהִים (Elohim). The Hebrew Elohim (אֱלֹהִים) is a plural form denoting majesty and fullness of deity. Though grammatically plural, it takes singular verbs when referring to the one true God, suggesting the Trinity's plurality within unity., and die.
10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Job's Three Friends Arrive
11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. Word: Nehemiah 1:4. Parallel theme: Job 4:2, Genesis 1:5, 1:8, 50:10, Ezra 9:3, Psalms 77:4, Isaiah 3:26, Ezekiel 3:15 +4