When Satan appeared before God again, the Lord asked whether he had considered how Job had remained faithful despite his losses. Satan then made another challenge, saying that Job would curse God if he himself were harmed. God then allowed Satan power over Job, but only up to the point of actually taking his life. With such power, Satan strikes Job with painful boils (cf. 2:7-8; 7:5; 30:30) over his entire body. Job's wife lost what faith she might have had, and told him to curse God and die. Job, however, refuses to sin with his lips (2:1-10). At this point, three of Job's friends (Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar) come to mourn and try to comfort him. However, they are shocked when they see Job (whom they did not recognize because of the boils), and sit dumbfounded for seven days and nights without a word in reaction to the magnitude of his grief (2:11-13).job
Monday, September 8, 2014
Job 2
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