Job 1:5–11

⁵Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for ^hall of them. For Job thought: Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts. ⁱThis was Job’s regular practice.

Satan’s First Test of Job

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

“From roaming through the earth,” ^lSatan answered Him, “and walking around on it.”

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

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