⁵When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified.ⁿ Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering^o for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned^p and cursed God^q in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.

⁶One day the angels^a^r came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan^b^s also came with them.^t ⁷The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”

Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”^u

⁸Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job?^v There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God^w and shuns evil.”^x

⁹“Does Job fear God for nothing?”^y Satan replied. ¹⁰“Have you not put a hedge^z around him and his household and everything he has?^a You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.^b ¹¹But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has,^c and he will surely curse you to your face.”^d

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Footnotes

aHebrew the sons of God
bHebrew satan means adversary.

Cross references

nSee Ne 12:30
oSee Ge 8:20
p Job 8:4
q 1 Ki 21:10, 13; Ps 10:3; 74:10
rSee 1 Ki 22:19; fn Ge 6:2
sSee 2 Sa 24:1; See 2 Ch 18:21; See Ps 109:6; Lk 22:31
t Job 2:1
uSee Ge 3:1; 1 Pe 5:8
vSee Jos 1:7
w Ps 25:12; 112:1; 128:4
xSee ver 1; See Ex 20:20
y 1 Ti 6:5
zSee 1 Sa 25:16
aver 12; Job 2:4; Ps 34:7
bver 3; Job 8:7; 29:6; 42:12, 17
c Job 19:21; Lk 22:31
d Lev 24:11; Job 2:5; Isa 3:8; 65:3; Rev 12:9–10