Job 1:6–22

All Job Has Is in Satan’s Hand

^6aNow it was the day that the ^bsons of God came to stand before ¹Yahweh, and ²Satan also came among them.

⁷And Yahweh said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, “^aFrom roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”

⁸Then Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you set your heart upon ^aMy servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, ^ba blameless and upright man, ¹fearing God and turning away from evil.”

⁹And ^aSatan answered Yahweh and said, “Does Job ¹fear God without cause?

¹⁰“^aHave You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? ^bYou have blessed the work of his hands, and his ^cpossessions have increased in the land.

¹¹“^aBut send forth Your hand now and ^btouch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.”

¹²Then Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand, only do not send forth your hand toward him.” So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh.

Messengers Speak of the Fire of God

¹³Now it happened that on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn,

¹⁴a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the ¹donkeys feeding beside them,

¹⁵and ¹the ^aSabeans fell upon them and took them. They also struck down the young men with the edge of the sword, and ²I alone have escaped to tell you.”

¹⁶While this one was still speaking, another also came and said, “^aThe fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the young men and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

¹⁷While this one was still speaking, another also came and said, “The ^aChaldeans set up three companies and made a raid on the camels and took them and struck down the young men with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

¹⁸While this one was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn,

¹⁹and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and touched the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

²⁰Then Job arose and ^atore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped.

²¹And he said,

“^aNaked I came from my mother’s womb,

And naked I shall return there.

^bYahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away.

Blessed be the name of Yahweh.”

^22aThrough all this Job did not sin, nor did he give offense to God.