Satan Allowed to Test Job

⁶ Now there was a day when ^(A)the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and ^(B)Satan^[a] also came among them. ⁷ The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From ^(C)going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” ⁸ And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you ^(D)considered my ^(E)servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, ^(F)a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?” ⁹ Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason? ¹⁰ Have you not put ^(G)a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have ^(H)blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. ¹¹ But ^(I)stretch out your hand and ^(J)touch all that he has, and he will ^(K)curse you ^(L)to your face.” ¹² And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

Satan Takes Job's Property and Children

¹³ Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, ¹⁴ and there came a messenger to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, ¹⁵ and ^(M)the Sabeans fell upon them and took them and struck down the servants^[b] with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” ¹⁶ While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, ^(N)“The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” ¹⁷ While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, ^(O)“The Chaldeans formed ^(P)three groups and made a raid on the camels and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” ¹⁸ While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, ^(Q)“Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, ¹⁹ and behold, a great wind came across ^(R)the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

²⁰ Then Job arose and ^(S)tore his ^(T)robe and ^(U)shaved his head ^(V)and fell on the ground and worshiped. ²¹ And he said, ^(W)“Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I ^(X)return. The Lord ^(Y)gave, and the Lord has taken away; ^(Z)blessed be the name of the Lord.”

^22 (AA)In all this Job did not sin or charge God with ^(AB)wrong.

The Lord Restores Job's Fortunes

¹⁰ And the Lord ^(A)restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job ^(B)twice as much as he had before. ¹¹ Then came to him all his ^(C)brothers and sisters and all who had ^(D)known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they ^(E)showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil^[a] that the Lord had brought upon him. And each of them gave him ^(F)a piece of money^[b] and ^(G)a ring of gold.

¹² And the Lord blessed ^(H)the latter days of Job more than his beginning. And he had ^(I)14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. ¹³ He had also ^(J)seven sons and three daughters. ¹⁴ And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch. ¹⁵ And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job's daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance ^(K)among their brothers. ¹⁶ And after this Job lived 140 years, and ^(L)saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.