SATAN’S FIRST TEST OF JOB

6 One day the sons of Godi came to present themselves before the Lord, and SatanB also came with them. 7 The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”

“From roaming through the earth,”j Satan answered him, “and walking around on it.”

8 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity,k who fears God and turns away from evil.”l

9 Satan answered the Lord, “Does Job fear God for nothing? 10 Haven’t you placed a hedge aroundm him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. 11 But stretch out your hand and striken everything he owns, and he will surely curse you to your face.”