10. “Have You not made a hedge around him, and around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
11. But stretch out Your hand, please, and strike all that he has – if he would not curse You to Your face!”
12. And יהוה said to Satan, “See, all that he has is in your hand. Only do not lay a hand on himself.” And Satan went out from the presence of יהוה.
13. And the day came to be when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the first-born.
14. And a messenger came to Iyoḇ and said, “The oxen were ploughing and the donkeys feeding alongside them,
15. when Sheḇa fell upon them and took them away, and they smote the servants with the edge of the sword. And I alone have escaped to inform you!”
16. While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of Elohim fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them. And I alone have escaped to inform you!”
17. While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands, and made a raid on the camels and took them away, and they smote the servants with the edge of the sword. And I alone have escaped to inform you!”
18. While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the first-born,
19. and see, a great wind came from the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. And I alone have escaped to inform you!”
20. Then Iyoḇ rose up and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and did obeisance.
21. And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I return there. יהוה has given, and יהוה has taken away. Blessed be the Name of יהוה.”
22. In all this Iyoḇ did not sin nor ascribe wrong-doing unto Elohim.