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Job 2
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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. |
"The sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord,
and Satan came also among them."
How many sons does God have?
How are Jesus
and Satan alike?
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| 2:2
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. |
God asks where Satan has been lately (Apparently he didn't know.)
Does God know everything?
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| 2:3
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. |
"Job ...was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil."
(2:3-6)
God and Satan play a little game with Job. God
allows Satan to torment Job, just to see how he will react.
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| 2:4
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man
hath will he give for his life.
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| 2:5
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he
will curse thee to thy face.
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| 2:6
And the LORD said unto
Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. |
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| 2:7
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. |
"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."
Who brought evil to Job?
 Satan Smiting Job with Sore Boils
(William Blake,
circa 1826)
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| 2:8
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among
the ashes.
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| 2:9
Then said his wife unto
him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
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(2:9-10)
Job's wife rightly says that if Job is to
keep his integrity, then he should curse God (for playing vicious games with
Satan) and die. Job replies that she is talking like a "foolish woman."
 Job castigated by his wife
(Albrecht Durer,
1503-04)
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| 2:10
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.
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| 2:11
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.
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| 2:12
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. |
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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.
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Job castigated by his wife