Job 1:5, Job 2 | ESV | STEP | And when the days of the feast had run their course , Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all . For Job said , It may be that my children have sinned , and cursed God in their hearts . Thus Job did continually .

o[See ver. 5 above]

p[Ps. 74:18, 22]

q[James 5:10, 11]

s ch. 1:22

t[Ps. 39:1]

u[Prov. 17:17]

vSee 1 Chr. 1:45

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

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

ySee Gen. 37:29

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

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

Job 1:5

5 And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and ^aconsecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and ^boffer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned, and ^ccursed ^{▼▼The Hebrew word bless is used euphemistically for curse in 1:5, 11; 2:5, 9} God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.

Job 2

Satan Attacks Job’s Health

1 Again ^ethere 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 ^fholds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him ^gwithout 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 ^hstretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will ⁱcurse 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 ^jsores from ^kthe sole of his foot to the crown of his head. 8 And he took ^la piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in ^mthe ashes.

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

Job’s Three Friends

11 Now when Job’s three ^ufriends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz ^vthe Temanite, Bildad ^wthe Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to ^xshow 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 ^ytore their robes and sprinkled ^zdust on their heads toward heaven. 13 And they sat with him on the ground ^aaseven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.