Midrash sobre Jó 1:9
וַיַּ֧עַן הַשָּׂטָ֛ן אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה וַיֹּאמַ֑ר הַֽחִנָּ֔ם יָרֵ֥א אִיּ֖וֹב אֱלֹהִֽים׃
Então respondeu Satanás ao SENHOR, e disse: <span class="x" onmousemove="Show('perush','Não que seja um anjo, maligno ou não, a comparecer, pois isto é analogia. A ocorrência real se encontra nos murmúrios de pessoas e vizinhos, especialmente os últimos, que ao verem uma pessoa ter sucesso, sempre têm algo negativo a dizer. Analogamente, suas queixas vêm perante Deus. Isto também se percebe nas palavras dos que vieram visitá-lo em sua enfermidade. ');" onmouseout="Hide('perush');">Porventura Jó teme a Deus debalde?</span>
Midrash Tanchuma
Even to the poor with thee. Our sages of blessed memory said: All manner of physical suffering is on one side (of the scale), while poverty is on the other. At the time that Satan came to denounce Job, it is said: Then Satan answered the Lord, and said: “Doth Job hear God for nought?” (Job 1:9). The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Job: Which do you prefer, poverty or suffering? He replied: I willingly accept all the suffering in the world but not poverty. How can I transact business in the marketplace without even a perutah in my possession? Satan thereupon departed from God and afflicted Job with ugly boils from the sole of his foot to his head. Job cried out: O that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat (Job 23:3), to plead for divine justice. Elijah then said to him: Why do you complain? Did you not choose suffering in preference to poverty, as it is said: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction (ibid. 36:21).
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