撒但再试探约伯
又有一天，神的众使者☛“神的众使者”：原文直译“神的众子”。来侍立在耶和华面前，撒但也来在其中。
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耶和华问撒但说：“你从哪里来？”撒但回答说：“我从地上走来走去，在那里往返。”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耶和华对撒但说：“你曾用心察看我的仆人约伯没有？地上再没有人像他那样完全、正直、敬畏神、远离恶事。你虽激起我攻击他，无故吞灭他，他仍然持守他的纯正。”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.
4撒但回答耶和华说：“人以皮代皮，情愿舍去一切所有的，来保全性命。And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
5但你若伸手伤他的骨头和他的肉，他必当面背弃☛“背弃”：原文是“诅咒”；9节同。你。”But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
6耶和华对撒但说：“看哪，他在你手中，只要留下他的性命。”And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
7于是撒但从耶和华面前退出去，击打约伯，使他从脚掌到头顶长毒疮。So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
8约伯就坐在灰烬中，拿瓦片刮身体。And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
9他的妻子对他说：“你仍然持守你的纯正吗？你背弃神，死了吧！”Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
10约伯却对她说：“你说话，正如愚顽的妇人。唉！难道我们从神手里得福，不也受祸吗？”在这一切的事上，约伯并没有以口犯罪。三个朋友来安慰约伯
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.
11约伯的三个朋友，提幔人以利法、书亚人比勒达、拿玛人琐法，听说这一切的灾祸临到他身上，各人就从自己的地方相约同来，为他悲伤，安慰他。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他们远远地举目观看，认不出他来，就放声大哭。各人撕裂外袍，向空中撒尘土，落在自己的头上。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他们同他七天七夜坐在地上，一句话也不对他说，因为他们见到了极大的痛苦。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.