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The Lord said to Satan,[a] ‘Very well, he is in your power; only spare his life.’

So Satan[b] went out from the presence of the Lord, and inflicted loathsome sores on Job from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. Job[c] took a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and sat among the ashes.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:6 Or the Accuser; Heb ha-satan
  2. Job 2:7 Or the Accuser; Heb ha-satan
  3. Job 2:8 Heb He

The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands;(A) but you must spare his life.”(B)

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.(C) Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.(D)

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