Job 1:6–22

^6aNow there was a day when the ^bsons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and ¹Satan also came among them.

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

⁸The Lord said to Satan, “Have you ¹considered ^aMy servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, ^ba blameless and upright man, ²fearing God and turning away from evil.”

⁹Then ^aSatan answered the ¹Lord, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

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

¹²Then the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your ¹power, only do not put forth your hand on him.” So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.

Satan Allowed to Test Job

¹³Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

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

¹⁵and ¹the ^aSabeans ²attacked and took them. They also ³slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and ⁴I alone have escaped to tell you.”

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

¹⁷While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The ^aChaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and ¹slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

¹⁸While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

¹⁹and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck 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.

²¹He said,

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

And naked I shall return there.

The ^bLord gave and the Lord has taken away.

Blessed be the name of the Lord.”

^22aThrough all this Job did not sin nor did he ¹blame God.