Self-interpreting Bible

1 AGAIN ^athere was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.

• a: Job 1:6 , Is. 6:1 , Mat. 18:10 , 1Ki. 22:19 - 22

2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And ^bSatan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

• b: Job 1:7 , 1Pe. 5:8 , Mat. 12:43 , Lu. 10:18 , Jn. 14:30

3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered ^cmy servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and ^*escheweth evil? and ^dstill he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, ¹to destroy him ^ewithout cause.

• c: Job 1:1 , Job 1:8
• *: escheweth-avoids, shuns.
• d: He. 11:35 , Ja. 1:12 , Job 13:15 , Job 27:5 , Job 27:6 , Mat. 24:13 , Ga. 6:9 , Ps. 26:1 , Ps. 41:12
• 1: Heb. to swallow him up.
• e: Job 9:17 , Jn. 9:2 , Ge. 22:1 , Mat. 20:15

4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, ^fSkin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

• f: Es. 7:3 , Es. 7:4 , Job 1:3 , Ge. 25:32 , Ge. 32:20 , Mat. 6:25

5 But ^gput forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will ^hcurse thee to thy face.

• g: Job 1:11 , Ps. 6:2
• h: Job 1:5 , Job 1:11 , Job 2:9 , Is. 8:21 , Re. 16:11 , Re. 16:21

6 And the LORD said unto Satan, ⁱBehold, he is in thine hand; ²but save his life.

• i: Job 1:12 , 2Co. 12:7 , Lu. 22:31 , 1Co. 10:13 , Is. 27:8
• 2: Or, only.

7 ¶So ^jwent Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job ^kwith sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

• j: Job 1:12 , 1Ki. 22:22 , Ro. 3:15 , 1Pe. 5:8
• k: Ex. 9:9 , De. 28:27 , Is. 1:6 , Job 19:20 , Le. 13:18

8 And he ^ltook him a ^*potsherd to scrape himself ^*withal; and he ^msat down among the ashes.

• l: Job 19:14 , Job 19:17 , Ps. 142:4
• *: potsherd-piece of broken pottery. , withal-with.
• m: Job 42:6 , Is. 61:3 , 3:6 , Mat. 11:21 , Eze. 27:30

9 ¶Then said ⁿhis wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? ^ocurse God, and die.

• n: Ge. 3:6 , 1Ki. 21:25 , Job 1:15 - 17 , Job 1:19
• o: Job 1:11 , Job 21:15 , Mal. 3:14 , Job 2:5

10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the ^pfoolish women speaketh. What? shall we ^qreceive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? ^rIn all this did not Job sin with his lips.

• p: 2Sa. 13:13 , Mat. 16:23 , Mat. 18:15
• q: Job 1:2 , Job 1:3 , Job 1:10 , Jn. 18:11 , He. 12:6 , He. 12:9 - 11 , Re. 3:19 , Ja. 5:10 , Ja. 5:11
• r: Job 1:22 , Ja. 3:2 , Ps. 39:1

11 ¶Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; ^sEliphaz the ^tTemanite, and ^uBildad the ^vShuhite, and ^wZophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together ^xto come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

• s: Job 4:1 , Job 15:1 , Job 22:1 , Job 42:7 , Job 42:9 , Ge. 36:11 , Ge. 36:34 , Ge. 36:42 , Je. 49:7
• t: 1Ch. 1:45
• u: Job 8:1 , Job 18:1 , Job 25:1 , Job 42:9
• v: Ge. 25:2 , 1Ch. 1:32
• w: Job 11:1 , Job 20:1 , Job 42:9
• x: Pr. 17:17 , Pr. 18:24 , Pr. 27:10 , Ps. 35:13 , Ps. 35:14 , Na. 3:7 , Is. 51:19 , Ro. 12:15 , He. 13:3 , Job 16:2

12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, ^yand knew him not, they ^zlifted up their voice, and wept; and ^athey rent every one his ^*mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

• y: La. 4:7 , La. 4:8
• z: Ge. 50:10 , Ge. 50:11 , 2Sa. 18:33
• a: Job 1:20 , Ge. 37:29 , Ge. 37:34 , Jos. 7:6 , Ne. 9:1 , La. 2:10 , Eze. 27:30 , 1Sa. 4:12 , 2Sa. 1:2
• *: mantle-sleeveless cloak or cape.

13 So they ^bsat down with him upon the ground ^cseven days and seven nights, and none ^dspake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

• b: Is. 47:1 , La. 2:16 , Ne. 1:4 , Ezr. 9:3 - 5
• c: Ge. 50:10 , Eze. 3:15
• d: Ps. 77:4