One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them.

a messenger came to Job and reported: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing nearby,

He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: “A lightning storm struck from heaven. It burned up the sheep and the servants and devoured them, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

That messenger was still speaking when yet another came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, made a raid on the camels, and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house.

saying:

Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will leave this life.
The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.
Praise the name of Yahweh.

One day the sons of God came again to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before the Lord.

Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.

Why was I not stillborn;
why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?

fear and trembling came over me
and made all my bones shake.

His troops advance together;
they construct a ramp against me
and camp around my tent.

Who did you speak these words to?
Whose breath came out of your mouth?

But when I hoped for good, evil came;
when I looked for light, darkness came.

Have I rejoiced over my enemy’s distress,
or become excited when trouble came his way?

All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances came to his house and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a qesitah and a gold earring.