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撒但再试探约伯

¹又有一天，上帝的众使者⚓来侍立在耶和华面前，撒但也来在其中。 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。” 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、敬畏上帝、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。” 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。 ⁵但你若伸手伤他的骨头和他的肉，他必当面背弃⚓你。” ⁶耶和华对撒但说：“看哪，他在你手中，只要留下他的性命。”
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。 ⁸约伯就坐在灰烬中，拿瓦片刮身体。
⁹他的妻子对他说：“你仍然持守你的纯正吗？你背弃上帝，死了吧！” ¹⁰约伯却对她说：“你说话，正如愚顽的妇人。唉！难道我们从上帝手里得福，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

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。 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。 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。

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Satan Attacks Job’s Health

¹Again ⚓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. ²And the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?”
⚓Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”
³Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, ⚓a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he ⚓holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, ⚓to destroy him without cause.”
⁴So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. ⁵⚓But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his ⚓bone and his flesh, and he will surely curse You to Your face!”
⁶⚓And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”
⁷So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils ⚓from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. ⁸And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself ⚓while he sat in the midst of the ashes.
⁹Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!”
¹⁰But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. ⚓Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” ⚓In all this Job did not ⚓sin with his lips.

Job’s Three Friends

¹¹Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one came from his own place—Eliphaz the ⚓Temanite, Bildad the ⚓Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come ⚓and mourn with him, and to comfort him. ¹²And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and ⚓sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven. ¹³So they sat down with him on the ground ⚓seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.