Satan Allowed to Test Job
6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and jSatan1 also came among them. 7 The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, k“From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” 8 And the Lord said to Satan, l“Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?” 9 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason? 10 Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? mYou have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. 11 But nstretch out your hand and otouch all that he has, and he will pcurse you to your face.”
Satan Attacks Job’s Health
1 zAgain there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” 3 And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, aa blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his bintegrity, although you cincited me against him to destroy him dwithout reason.” 4 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! eAll that a man has he will give for his life. 5 But fstretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.”
A Vision of Joshua the High Priest
1 Then he showed me fJoshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and gSatan1 hstanding at his right hand to accuse him.
