Job 1:1 & 2:1-10
Ordinary B45
1:1 There wasA once a manB in the landC of UzD whose nameE was Job.F
That man was blamelessG and upright,H one who fearedI GodJ and turned awayK from evil.L
2:1 MOne day the heavenly beingsN cameO
to presentP themselves before the Lord,Q and SatanR also came amongS them to present himself before the Lord.
2 The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
Satan answeredT the Lord, “From going to and froU on the earth,V and from walking up and downW on it.”
3 The Lord said to Satan, “Have youX consideredY my servantZ Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil.
He still persistsAA in his integrity,BB although you incitedCC me against him, to destroyDD him for no reason.”EE
4 Then Satan answered the Lord, “SkinFF forGG skin! All that peopleHH have they will giveII to saveJJ their lives.KK
5 But stretch outLL your handMM nowNN
and touchOO his bonePP and his flesh,QQ and he will curseRR you to your face.”SS
6 The LordTT said to Satan, “Very well,UU he is in your power;VV only spareWW his life.”
7 So Satan went outXX from the presenceYY of the Lord, and inflictedZZ loathsomeAAA soresBBB on Job
from the soleCCC of his footDDD to the crown of his head.EEE
8 Job tookFFF a potsherdGGG with which to scrapeHHH himself, and satIII among the ashes.JJJ
9 Then his wifeKKK said to him, “Do you still persist in your integrity? Curse God, and die.”LLL
10 But he said to her, “You speakMMM as anyNNN foolish womanOOO would speak.
Shall we receivePPP the goodQQQ at the hand of God, and not receive the bad?”RRR In all this Job did not sinSSS with his lips.TTT
Image credit: “Job’s Sufferings” from the Syriac Bible of Paris, 6th-7th century.