6 One day the angels1 1:6 Hebrew the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD , and Satan2 1:6 Satan means accuser . also came with them. |
7 The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?"
Satan answered the LORD , "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it." |
8 Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil." |
9 "Does Job fear God for nothing?" Satan replied. |
10 "Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. |
11 But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face." |
12 The LORD said to Satan, "Very well, then, everything he has is in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger."
Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD . |
