12 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your [a]power; only do not reach out and put your hand on him.” So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.

Satan Allowed to Test Job

13 Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, 14 a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the female donkeys feeding beside them,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:12 Lit hand

12 The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has(A) is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.”(B)

Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

13 One day when Job’s sons and daughters(C) were feasting(D) and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house, 14 a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing(E) nearby,

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