Job 1:6 One day the angels came
to present themselves before the
LORD, and Satan also came with them.
(7) The LORD said to Satan, Where
have you come from? Satan
answered the LORD, From roaming through the earth and going to
and fro in it.
(8) Then the LORD said to Satan,
Have you considered my servant
Job? There is no-one on earth like him; he is blameless and
upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.
(9) Does Job fear God for nothing? Satan replied.
(10) Have you not put a hedge
around him and his household and
everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so
that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.
(11) But stretch out your
hand and strike everything he has, and
he will surely curse you to your face.
(12) The LORD said to
Satan, Very well, then, everything he has
is in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.
Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
Job 2:1 On another
day the angels came to present themselves before
the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before
him.
(2) And the LORD said to
Satan, Where have you come from?
Satan answered the LORD, From roaming through the earth and
going to and fro in it.
(3) Then the LORD said to
Satan, Have you considered my servant
Job? There is no-one on earth like him; he is blameless and
upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still
maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to
ruin him without any reason.
(4) Skin for skin! Satan
replied. A man will give all he has for his own life.
(5) But stretch out your
hand and strike his flesh and bones, and
he will surely curse you to your face.
(6) The LORD said to
Satan, Very well, then, he is in your
hands; but you must spare his life.
(7) So Satan went out
from the presence of the LORD . . .