12. The Lord said to the satan, “Very well, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on him.” So the satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.
13. One day, while his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother,
14. a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing beside them,
15. and the Sabeans carried them off in a raid. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
16. He was still speaking when another came and said, “God’s fire has fallen from heaven and struck the sheep and the servants and consumed them; I alone have escaped to tell you.”
17. He was still speaking when another came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three columns, seized the camels, carried them off, and put the servants to the sword; I alone have escaped to tell you.”