Job 1:4-6

International Standard Version

⁴ His sons used to travel to each other’s houses in turn on a regular schedule and hold festivals, inviting their three sisters to celebrate^[a] with them.

⁵ When their time of feasting had concluded, Job would rise early in the morning to send for them^[b] and consecrate them to God.^[c] He would offer a burnt offering for each one,^[d] because Job thought, “Perhaps my children sinned by cursing God in their hearts.” Job did this time and again.^[e]

Satan’s First Attack on Job

⁶ One day, divine beings^[f] presented themselves to the Lord, and Satan^[g] accompanied them.