Job 2

vayehi hayyom vayyavo'u bene ha'elohim lehityatsev al-Adonai vayyavo gam-hassatan betokham lehityatsev al-Adonai

One day the divine beings presented themselves before GOD. The Adversary came along with them to present himself before GOD.

vayyomer Adonai el-hassatan e mizzeh tavo vayya'an hassatan et-Adonai vayyomar mishut ba'arets umehithallekh bah

GOD said to the Adversary, “Where have you been?” The Adversary answered GOD, “I have been roaming all over the earth.”

vayyomer Adonai el-hassatan hasamta libbekha el-avdi iyyov ki en kamohu ba'arets ish tam veyashar yere elohim vesar mera ve'odennu makhaziq betummato vattesiteni vo levalle'o khinnam

GOD said to the Adversary, “Have you noticed My servant Job? There is no one like him on earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and shuns evil. He still keeps his integrity; so you have incited Me against him to destroy him for no good reason.”

vayya'an hassatan et-Adonai vayyomar or be'ad-or vekhol asher la'ish yitten be'ad nafsho

The Adversary answered GOD, “Skin for skin—all that the man has he will give up for his life.

ulam shelakh-na yadekha vega el-atsmo ve'el-besaro im-lo el-panekha yevarekhekka

But lay a hand on his bones and his flesh, and he will surely blaspheme You to Your face.”

vayyomer Adonai el-hassatan hinno veyadekha akh et-nafsho shemor

So GOD said to the Adversary, “See, he is in your power; only spare his life.”

vayyetse hassatan me'et pene Adonai vayyakh et-iyyov bishkhin ra mikkaf raglo (d) [ve'ad] qodqodo

The Adversary departed from GOD’s presence and inflicted a severe inflammation on Job from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

vayyiqqakh-lo kheres lehitgared bo vehu yoshev betokh-ha'efer

He took a potsherd to scratch himself as he sat in ashes.

vattomer lo ishto odekha makhaziq betummatekha barekh elohim vamut

His wife said to him, “You still keep your integrity! Blaspheme God and die!”

vayyomer eleha kedabber akhat hannevalot tedabberi gam et-hattov neqabbel me'et ha'elohim ve'et-hara lo neqabbel bekhol-zot lo-khata iyyov bisfatayw

But he said to her, “You talk as any shameless woman might talk! Should we accept only good from God and not accept evil?” For all that, Job said nothing sinful.

vayyishme'u sheloshet re'e iyyov et kol-hara'ah hazzot habba'ah alayw vayyavo'u ish mimmeqomo elifaz hattemani uvildad hashukhi vetsofar hanna'amati vayyivva'adu yakhdav lavo lanud-lo ulenakhamo

When Job’s three friends heard about all these calamities that had befallen him, each came from his home—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to go and console and comfort him.

vayyisu et-enehem merakhoq velo hikkiruhu vayyisu qolam vayyivku vayyiqre'u ish me'ilo vayyizrequ afar al-rashehem hashamayemah

When they saw him from a distance, they could not recognize him, and they broke into loud weeping; each one tore his robe and threw dust into the air onto his head.

vayyeshevu itto la'arets shivat yamim veshivat lelot ve'en-dover elayw davar ki ra'u ki-gadal hakke'ev me'od

They sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights. None spoke a word to him for they saw how very great was his suffering.