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11 You should take away from him all the things that he has. Then he will certainly curse you very strongly.’

12 So the Lord said to Satan, ‘I agree to give you power over all the things that belong to Job. But you must do nothing to hurt Job himself.’

After that, Satan went away.[a]

Satan destroys all Job's things

13 One day, Job's sons and daughters were at a party in the home of his oldest son.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:12 Some of the events in this part of the book happen in heaven. Job does not know about these events. So he does not know why all the bad things have happened to him.