^aY sucedió que un día cuando los hijos de Dios vinieron a presentarse delante del SEÑOR, vino también Satanás¹ entre ellos para presentarse delante del SEÑOR. 2 Y el SEÑOR dijo a Satanás: ¿De dónde vienes? Entonces Satanás respondió al SEÑOR, y dijo: De recorrer la tierra y de andar por ella. 3 Y el SEÑOR dijo a Satanás: ¿Te has fijado¹ en mi siervo Job? Porque no hay otro como él sobre la tierra, hombre intachable², recto, temeroso de³ Dios y apartado del mal. Y él todavía conserva su integridad^a, aunque tú me incitaste contra él para que lo arruinara⁴ sin causa. 4 Respondió Satanás al SEÑOR, y dijo: ¡Piel por piel! Sí, todo lo que el hombre tiene dará por su vida. 5 Sin embargo, extiende ahora tu mano^a y toca su hueso y su carne, verás si no te maldice en tu misma cara^b. 6 Y el SEÑOR dijo a Satanás: He aquí, él está en tu mano; pero guarda su vida.

7 Satanás salió de la presencia del SEÑOR, e hirió a Job con llagas malignas¹ desde la planta del pie hasta la coronilla^a. 8 Y Job tomó un tiesto para rascarse mientras estaba sentado entre las cenizas^a. 9 Entonces su mujer le dijo: ¿Aún conservas tu integridad? Maldice a Dios y muérete. 10 Pero él le dijo: Como habla cualquier mujer necia, has hablado. ¿Aceptaremos el bien de Dios y no aceptaremos el mal^a? En todo esto Job no pecó con sus labios^b.

11 Cuando tres amigos de Job, Elifaz temanita^a, Bildad suhita^b y Zofar naamatita, oyeron de todo este mal que había venido sobre él, vinieron cada uno de su lugar, pues se habían puesto de acuerdo para ir juntos a condolerse de él y a consolarlo^c. 12 Y cuando alzaron los ojos desde lejos y no lo reconocieron, levantaron sus voces y lloraron. Cada uno de ellos rasgó su manto^a y esparcieron polvo^b hacia el cielo sobre sus cabezas. 13 Entonces se sentaron en el suelo con él por siete días^a y siete noches sin que nadie le dijera una palabra, porque veían que su dolor era muy grande.

^aAgain there was a day when the sons of God (angels) came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan (adversary, accuser) also came among them to present himself before the LORD. 2 The LORD said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Then Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming around on the earth and from walking around on it.” 3 The LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God with reverence and abstains from and turns away from evil because he honors God. And still he ^amaintains and holds tightly to his integrity, although you incited Me against him to destroy him without cause.” 4 Satan answered the LORD, “¹Skin for skin! Yes, a man will give all he has for his life. 5 ^aBut put forth Your hand now, and ^btouch his bone and his flesh and severely afflict him; and he will curse You to Your face.” 6 So the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, only spare his life.”

7 So Satan departed from the presence of the LORD and struck Job with ^aloathsome boils and agonizingly painful sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. 8 And Job took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself, and ^ahe sat down among the ashes (rubbish heaps) .

9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still cling to your integrity and your faith and trust in God, without blaming Him? Curse God and die!” 10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the spiritually foolish women speaks ignorant and oblivious to God’s will. ^aShall we indeed accept only good from God and not also accept adversity and disaster?” ^bIn spite of all this Job did not sin with words from his lips.

11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one came from his own place, Eliphaz the ^aTemanite, Bildad the ^bShuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; for they had made an appointment together to come to ^csympathize with him and to comfort him. 12 When they looked from a distance and did not recognize him because of his disfigurement, they raised their voices and wept; and each one ^atore his robe in grief and they ^bthrew dust over their heads toward the sky in sorrow. 13 ^aSo they sat down on the ground with Job for seven days and seven nights and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.