Job 1:16, Job 2 | ESV | STEP | While he was yet speaking , there came another and said , The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.

l[See ver. 5 above]

m[Ps. 74:18, 22]

n[James 5:10, 11]

p ch. 1:22

q[Ps. 39:1]

r[Prov. 17:17]

sSee 1 Chr. 1:45

t Gen. 25:2; 1 Chr. 1:32

u ch. 42:11; [Rom. 12:15]

vSee Gen. 37:29

wSee Josh. 7:6; Neh. 9:1; Lam. 2:10; Ezek. 27:30

x Ezek. 3:15; [Gen. 50:10]

Job 1:16

16 While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, ^a“The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Job 2

Satan Attacks Job’s Health

1 Again ^bthere was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” 3 And 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, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still ^cholds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him ^dwithout reason.” 4 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life. 5 But ^estretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will ^fcurse you to your face.” 6 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.”

7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome ^gsores from ^hthe sole of his foot to the crown of his head. 8 And he took ⁱa piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in ^jthe ashes.

9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still ^khold fast your integrity? ^lCurse God and die.” 10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the ^mfoolish women would speak. ⁿShall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” ^{▼▼Or disaster; also verse 11} ^pIn all this Job did not ^qsin with his lips.

Job’s Three Friends

11 Now when Job’s three ^rfriends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz ^sthe Temanite, Bildad ^tthe Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to ^ushow him sympathy and comfort him. 12 And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they ^vtore their robes and sprinkled ^wdust on their heads toward heaven. 13 And they sat with him on the ground ^xseven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.