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.” 12 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.” ^qSo Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

13 Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, 14 and there came a messenger to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, 15 and the ^rSabeans fell upon them and took them and struck down the servants¹ with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 16 While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “The fire of God ^sfell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 17 While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “The Chaldeans formed three groups and made a raid on the camels and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 18 While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, ^t“Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, 19 and behold, a great wind came across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

20 Then Job arose and ^utore his robe and ^vshaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said, ^w“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; ^xblessed be the name of the Lord.”

22 ^yIn all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.