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factum est autem cum quadam die venissent filii Dei et starent coram Domino venisset quoque Satan inter eos et staret in conspectu eius
And it came to pass, when on a certain day the sons of God came, and stood before the Lord, and Satan came amongst them, and stood in his sight,
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ut diceret Dominus ad Satan unde venis qui respondens ait circuivi terram et perambulavi eam
That the Lord said to Satan: Whence comest thou? And he answered, and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it.
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et dixit Dominus ad Satan numquid considerasti servum meum Iob quod non sit ei similis in terra vir simplex et rectus timens Deum ac recedens a malo et adhuc retinens innocentiam tu autem commovisti me adversus eum ut adfligerem illum frustra
And the Lord said to Satan: Hast thou considered my servant, Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man simple and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil, and still keeping his innocence? But thou hast moved me against him, that I should afflict him without cause.
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cui respondens Satan ait pellem pro pelle et cuncta quae habet homo dabit pro anima sua
And Satan answered, and said: Skin for skin; and all that a man hath, he will give for his life:
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alioquin mitte manum tuam et tange os eius et carnem et tunc videbis quod in facie benedicat tibi
But put forth thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and then thou shalt see that he will bless thee to thy face.
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dixit ergo Dominus ad Satan ecce in manu tua est verumtamen animam illius serva
And the Lord said to Satan: Behold, he is in thy hand, but yet save his life.
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egressus igitur Satan a facie Domini percussit Iob ulcere pessimo a planta pedis usque ad verticem eius
So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with a very grievous ulcer, from the sole of the foot even to the top of his head:
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qui testa saniem deradebat sedens in sterquilinio
And he took a potsherd and scraped the corrupt matter, sitting on a dunghill.
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dixit autem illi uxor sua adhuc tu permanes in simplicitate tua benedic Deo et morere
And his wife said to him: Dost thou still continue in thy simplicity? bless God and die.
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qui ait ad illam quasi una de stultis locuta es si bona suscepimus de manu Domini quare mala non suscipiamus in omnibus his non peccavit Iob labiis suis
And he said to her: Thou hast spoken like one of the foolish women: If we have received good things at the hand of God, why should we not receive evil? In all these things Job did not sin with his lips.
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igitur audientes tres amici Iob omne malum quod accidisset ei venerunt singuli de loco suo Eliphaz Themanites et Baldad Suites et Sophar Naamathites condixerant enim ut pariter venientes visitarent eum et consolarentur
Now when Job's three friends heard all the evil that had befallen him, they came every one from his own place, Eliphaz, the Themanite, and Baldad, the Suhite, and Sophar, the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment to come together and visit him, and comfort him.
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cumque levassent procul oculos suos non cognoverunt eum et exclamantes ploraverunt scissisque vestibus sparserunt pulverem super caput suum in caelum
And when they had lifted up their eyes afar off, they knew him not, and crying out, they wept, and rending their garments, they sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
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et sederunt cum eo in terram septem diebus et septem noctibus et nemo loquebatur ei verbum videbant enim dolorem esse vehementem
And they sat with him on the ground seven day and seven nights and no man spoke to him a word: for they saw that his grief was very great.
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