⁸ The Lord asked him, “Have you paid any notice to my servant Job? You will not find anyone like him on the entire earth. He is a good and righteous man who fears God and shuns evil.”

⁹ Satan said in reply, “Why should Job not be a God-fearing man? ¹⁰ You have safeguarded him and his family and all his possessions with your protection. You have blessed every one of his undertakings, and his flocks have continued to increase throughout the land. ¹¹ But if you stretch out your hand and strike all that he has, he will surely curse you to your face.”

⁴ Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin!^[a] A man will surrender everything he has to save his own life.

⁵ But now if you stretch forth your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, he will curse you to your face.”