9. Satan answered the Lord, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
10. Haven’t You placed a hedge around him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
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! ”