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.
11. But now suppose you take away everything he has — he will curse you to your face!”
12. “All right,” the Lord said to Satan, “everything he has is in your power, but you must not hurt Job himself.” So Satan left.
13. One day when Job's children were having a feast at the home of their eldest brother,
14. a messenger came running to Job. “We were ploughing the fields with the oxen,” he said, “and the donkeys were in a nearby pasture.
15. Suddenly the Sabeans attacked and stole them all. They killed every one of your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”