Job 1:6-12

Contemporary English Version

Angels, the Lord, and Satan

^6 (A) One day, when the angels^[a] had gathered around the Lord, and Satan^[b] was there with them, ⁷ the Lord asked, “Satan, where have you been?”

Satan replied, “I have been going all over the earth.”

⁸ Then the Lord asked, “What do you think of my servant Job? No one on earth is like him—he is a truly good person, who respects me and refuses to do evil.”

^9 (B) “Why shouldn't he respect you?” Satan remarked. ¹⁰ “You are like a wall protecting not only him, but his entire family and all his property. You make him successful in whatever he does, and his flocks and herds are everywhere. ¹¹ Try taking away everything he owns, and he will curse you to your face.”

¹² The Lord replied, “All right, Satan, do what you want with anything that belongs to him, but don't harm Job.”

Then Satan left.