Job 1:6-22 ▼

6 And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before YHWH, that Satan also came into their midst.

7 And YHWH said to Satan, “From where have you come?” And Satan answered YHWH and said, “From roaming on the earth, and walking back and forth on it.”

8 And YHWH said to Satan, “Have you set your heart upon My servant Job, how there is no one like him on the earth, a man blameless and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil?”

9 And Satan answered YHWH and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

10 Have you not put a hedge around him and around his house, and around all that is unto him, surrounding on every side? The work of his hands You have blessed, and the animals of his possession have burst forth in the land.

11 But now stretch out Your hand and touch against all that is unto him, if he will not curse you to your face!”

12 And YHWH said to Satan, “Behold, all that is unto him is in your hand; only against him do not stretch out your hand.” And Satan went out from the face of YHWH.

13 And there came to be a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn.

14 And a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing at their sides,

15 when the Sabeans fell on them and took them, and they struck the servants with the mouth of the sword—and only I have escaped, by myself alone, to declare it to you.”

16 Still this one was speaking, when this one came and said, “The fire of God fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and it consumed them—and only I have escaped, by myself alone, to declare it to you.”

17 Still this one was speaking, when this one came and said, “The Chaldeans made three heads and rushed upon the camels and took them away, and they struck the servants with the mouth of the sword—and only I have escaped, by myself alone, to declare it to you.”

18 Still this one was speaking, when this one came and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn,

19 and behold, a great wind came from across the desert and struck against the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they died—and only I have escaped, by myself alone, to declare it to you.”

20 And Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and bowed low,

21 and he said, “Naked I came forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I shall return there. YHWH gave, and YHWH has taken away. Let the name of YHWH be blessed.”

22 In all this Job did not sin, and he did not ascribe foolishness to God.