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. “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.
13. Job's sons and daughters were having a feast in the home of his eldest son,
14. when someone rushed up to Job and said, “While your servants were ploughing with your oxen, and your donkeys were nearby eating grass,