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Job 2:1-10 (MSG)

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¹ One day when the angels came to report to GOD, Satan also showed up. ² GOD singled out Satan, saying, "And what have you been up to?" Satan answered GOD, "Oh, going here and there, checking things out." ³ Then GOD said to Satan, "Have you noticed my friend Job? There's no one quite like him, is there--honest and true to his word, totally devoted to God and hating evil? He still has a firm grip on his integrity! You tried to trick me into destroying him, b ⁴ Satan answered, "A human would do anything to save his life. ⁵ But what do you think would happen if you reached down and took away his health? He'd curse you to your face, that's what." ⁶ GOD said, "All right. Go ahead--you can do what you like with him. But mind you, don't kill him." ⁷ Satan left GOD and struck Job with terrible sores. Job was ulcers and scabs from head to foot. ⁸ They itched and oozed so badly that he took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself, then went and sat on a trash heap, among the ashes. ⁹ His wife said, "Still holding on to your precious integrity, are you? Curse God and be done with it!" ¹⁰ He told her, "You're talking like an empty-headed fool. We take the good days from God--why not also the bad days?" Not once through all this did Job sin. He said nothing against God.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 10) Thankfulness - Should we accept good but not bad from God

Definition(s):
Job (Johb): he that weeps or cries
Satan (Seh-tan): contrary; adversary; enemy; accuser