5. The morning after each feast, Job would get up early and offer sacrifices for each of his children in order to purify them. He always did this because he thought that one of them might have sinned by insulting God unintentionally.
6. When the day came for the heavenly beings to appear before the Lord, Satan was there among them.
7. The Lord asked him, “What have you been doing?”Satan answered, “I have been walking here and there, roaming round the earth.”
8. “Did you notice my servant Job?” the Lord asked. “There is no one on earth as faithful and good as he is. He worships me and is careful not to do anything evil.”
9. Satan replied, “Would Job worship you if he got nothing out of it?
10. You have always protected him and his family and everything he owns. You bless everything he does, and you have given him enough cattle to fill the whole country.