Job 1:12-14

The Voice

Eternal One: ¹²I delegate this task to you. His possessions are now in your hand. One thing, though: you are not to lay a finger on the man himself. Job must not be touched.

With that, the Accuser left the court and the Eternal’s presence.

¹³Now one day, all of Job’s children were gathered together under the roof of Job’s firstborn for their usual celebration—feasting and drinking wine— ¹⁴when a messenger came to Job.

Messenger: We were in the field. The oxen were plowing, the donkeys were grazing nearby,

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