1. Then another day came for the angels to meet with the Lord. Satan joined them for this meeting with the Lord.
2. The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you been?” Satan answered the Lord, “I have been roaming around the earth, going from place to place.”
3. Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him. He is a good, faithful man. He respects God and refuses to do evil. He is still faithful, even though you asked me to let you destroy, without reason, everything he has.”
4. Satan answered, “Skin for skin! A man will give everything he has to protect himself.
5. I swear, if you attack his flesh and bones, he will curse you to your face!”
6. So the Lord said to Satan, “All right, Job is in your hands, but you are not allowed to kill him.”