11. But stretch out Your hand and strike everything he owns, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
12. “Very well,” the Lord told Satan, “everything he owns is in your power. However, you must not lay a hand on Job himself.” So 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 house,
14. a messenger came to Job and reported: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing nearby,
15. the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you! ”
16. He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: “A lightning storm struck from heaven. It burned up the sheep and the servants and devoured them, and I alone have escaped to tell you! ”
17. That messenger was still speaking when yet another came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, made a raid on the camels, and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you! ”
18. He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house.