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Book of Job, Chapter 2

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Chapter 2 of Job—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Afterward it came to be the day when the sons[a] of the [true] God entered to take their station before Jehovah, and Satan[b] also proceeded to enter right among them to take his station before Jehovah.1
  2. ¶ Then Jehovah said to Satan: “Just where do you come from?” At that Satan answered Jehovah and said: “From roving about in the earth and from walking about in it.”2
  3. And Jehovah went on to say to Satan: “Have you set your heart upon my servant Job,3 that there is no one like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright,4 fearing God5 and turning aside from bad?6 Even yet he is holding fast his integrity,7 although you incite8 me against him to swallow him up without cause.”9
  4. But Satan10 answered Jehovah and said: “Skin in behalf of skin, and everything that a man has he will give in behalf of his soul.[c]11
  5. For a change, thrust out your hand, please, and touch as far as his bone and his flesh [and see] whether he will not curse[d] you to your very face.”12
  6. ¶ Accordingly Jehovah said to Satan: “There he is in your hand! Only watch out for his soul[e] itself!”
  7. So Satan went out away from the person[f] of Jehovah13 and struck Job with a malignant boil14 from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
  8. And he proceeded to take for himself a fragment of earthenware with which to scrape himself; and he was sitting in among the ashes.15
  9. ¶ Finally his wife said to him: “Are you yet holding fast your integrity?16 Curse[g] God and die!”
  10. But he said to her: “As one of the senseless17 women speaks, you speak also. Shall we accept merely what is good from the [true] God and not accept also what is bad?”18 In all this Job did not sin with his lips.19
  11. ¶ And three companions of Job got to hear of all this calamity that had come upon him, and they proceeded to come, each one from his own place, Elʹi·phaz the Teʹman·ite20 and Bilʹdad the Shuʹhite21 and Zoʹphar the Naʹa·ma·thite.22 So they met together by appointment23 to come and sympathize with him and comfort him.24
  12. When they raised their eyes from far off they did not then recognize him. And they proceeded to raise their voice and weep and rip25 each one his sleeveless coat apart and toss dust toward the heavens upon their heads.26
  13. And they kept sitting27 with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there was no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that the pain28 was very great.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “The angels,” LXX.
  2. ^ See 1:6 ftn, “Satan.”
  3. ^ “His soul (life).” Heb., naph·shohʹ; Gr., psy·khesʹ; Lat., aʹni·ma. See App 4A.
  4. ^ See 1:5 ftn.
  5. ^ See vs 4 ftn.
  6. ^ See 1:12 ftn.
  7. ^ See 1:5 ftn.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Jb 1:6
  2. ^ Jb 1:7
  3. ^ Jb 1:8
  4. ^ Ge 6:9
  5. ^ Ne 5:15; Pr 8:13; 16:6
  6. ^ Ps 34:14; 1Th 5:22
  7. ^ Jb 27:5
  8. ^ Jb 1:11
  9. ^ Jb 9:17
  10. ^ Jb 1:6
  11. ^ Je 41:8
  12. ^ Le 24:15; Jb 1:11; Re 12:10
  13. ^ Jb 1:12
  14. ^ Ex 9:9; Le 13:18; Jb 30:30
  15. ^ Je 6:26; Eze 27:30; Jon 3:6, 8
  16. ^ Ml 3:14
  17. ^ Jb 1:11
  18. ^ Jb 1:21; Jm 5:10
  19. ^ Ps 39:1; Pr 12:13; Jm 5:11
  20. ^ Ge 36:34; Je 49:7
  21. ^ Ge 25:2; 1Ch 1:32
  22. ^ Jb 42:9
  23. ^ Am 3:3
  24. ^ Ge 37:35
  25. ^ Jb 1:20
  26. ^ Ne 9:1; La 2:10; Eze 27:30
  27. ^ Ezr 9:3; Is 3:26
  28. ^ Jb 16:6

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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