So the Lord said to Satan, "All right then, everything he has is in your power. Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!" So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.

Again the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also arrived among them to present himself before the Lord.

Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.

if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode.

Only his flesh has pain for himself, and he mourns for himself."

for he stretches out his hand against God, and vaunts himself against the Almighty,

Let him not trust in what is worthless, deceiving himself; for worthlessness will be his reward.

if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,

You may say, 'God stores up a man's punishment for his children!' Instead let him repay the man himself so that he may know it!

then the Almighty himself will be your gold, and the choicest silver for you.

whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep,

Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.

He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.