1. But it happened that, on a certain day, when the sons of God had arrived and they stood before the Lord, Satan likewise arrived among them, and he stood in his sight.
2. So the Lord said to Satan, "Where do you come from?" Answering, he said, "I have circled the land, and walked around in it."
3. And the Lord said to Satan, "Have you not considered my servant, Job, that there is no one like him in the land, a simple and honest man, fearing God and withdrawing from evil, and still retaining his innocence? Yet you have stirred me against him, so that I would afflict him to no purpose."
4. Answering him, Satan said, "Skin for skin; and everything that a man has, he will give for his life.
5. Yet send your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and then you will see whether or not he blesses you to your face."
6. Therefore, the Lord said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand, but even so, spare his life."