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Job 2 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:1 - And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:2 - And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:4 - And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:5 - But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:6 - And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:7 - And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:8 - And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - And his wife said to him, Are you still keeping your righteousness? Say a curse against God, and put an end to yourself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:11 - And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:12 - And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:13 - And they took their seats on the earth by his side for seven days and seven nights: but no one said a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Job Chapter 2 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras