5. But reach out your hand and destroy his flesh and bones, and he will curse you to your face.”
6. The Lord said to Satan, “All right, then. Job is in your power, but you may not take his life.”
7. So Satan left the Lord’s presence. He put painful sores on Job’s body, from the top of his head to the soles of his feet.
8. Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself, and he sat in ashes in misery.
9. Job’s wife said to him, “Why are you trying to stay innocent? Curse God and die!”