1
The Adversary came forth and cried before Iyov.
2
“See, Iyov, I yield to you. You are flesh, and I am a ruach, yet you have resisted me.”
3
He compared himself to a wrestler who had thrown an opponent down and broken his body, only to hear the fallen opponent declare victory.
4
“You lie beneath disease,” he said, “yet I am the one defeated.”
5
The Adversary withdrew in shame.
6
Iyov turned to his children at the deathbed: “Therefore keep a steadfast heart when evil comes upon you. Endurance is greater than the blow.”