Job 1:7-9

EasyEnglish Bible

⁷ The Lord said to Satan, ‘Where have you come from?’ Satan replied, ‘I have been travelling all over the earth. I have been watching the things that happen there.’

⁸ Then the Lord said to Satan, ‘You have seen Job, who is my servant. What do you think about him? There is no one on earth that is like him. He is a good and honest man. He is afraid to make me angry. He refuses to do evil things.’

⁹ Satan answered the Lord, ‘There is a very good reason why Job obeys you.