11. But, on the other hand, stretch out your hand and touch all that belongs to him and see whether he will curse you to your face.”
12. So Yahweh said to Satan, “Look, all that belongs to him is in your power. Only do not stretch out your hand against him.” So Satan went out from Yahweh’s presence.
13. And then there was one day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their firstborn brother’s house.
14. And a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the female donkeys were feeding beside them.
15. Then the Sabeans attacked, and they took them, and they slew the servants by the edge of the sword. But I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”
16. While this one was still speaking, another came and said, “The fire of God fell from the heavens, and it blazed up against the sheep and goats and against the servants, and it consumed them. But I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”
17. While this one was still speaking, another came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three divisions, and they made a raid on the camels, and they carried them away, and they struck your servants by the edge of the sword, but I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”
18. At the time this one was speaking, another came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their firstborn brother’s house.