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On another day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him.
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And the LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”
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Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”
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“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his own life.
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But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
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The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.”
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So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
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Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.
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His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”
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He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.