Job 1:6–22

Satan Attacks Job’s Character

⁶Now ^gthere was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and ⁵Satan also came among them. ⁷And the Lord said to ⁶Satan, “From where do you come?”

So Satan answered the Lord and said, “From ^hgoing to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”

⁸Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you ⁷considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and ⁸shuns evil?”

⁹So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing? ¹⁰ⁱHave You not ⁹made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? ^jYou have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. ^11kBut now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely ^lcurse ¹You to Your face!”

¹²And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your ²power; only do not lay a hand on his person.”

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

Job Loses His Property and Children

¹³Now there was a day ^mwhen his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house; ¹⁴and a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, ¹⁵when the ³Sabeans ⁴raided them and took them away—indeed they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

¹⁶While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and ⁵consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

¹⁷While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels and took them away, yes, and killed 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, ⁿ“Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, ¹⁹and suddenly a great wind came from ⁶across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

²⁰Then Job arose, ^otore his robe, and shaved his head; and he ^pfell to the ground and worshiped. ²¹And he said:

^q“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,

And naked shall I return there.

The Lord ^rgave, and the Lord has ^staken away;

^tBlessed be the name of the Lord.”

^22uIn all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong.