Job 1:7-11

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⁷ The Lord said to the accuser,^[a] “Where have you come from?” The accuser^[b] answered the Lord, “From going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down on it.”^{(A) 8} The Lord said to the accuser,^[c] “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil.”^{(B) 9} Then the accuser^[d] answered the Lord, “Does Job fear God for nothing?^{(C) 10} Have you not put a fence around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.^{(D) 11} But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.”^(E)