9. Satan answered the Lord, “Haven’t you given Job a reason to fear God?
10. Haven’t you put a protective fence around him, his home, and everything he has? You have blessed everything he does. His cattle have spread out over the land.
11. But now stretch out your hand, and strike everything he has. I bet he’ll curse you to your face.”
12. The Lord told Satan, “Everything he has is in your power, but you must not lay a hand on him!”Then Satan left the Lord’s presence.
13. One day when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s home,
14. a messenger came to Job. He said, “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,