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11 But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”

12 Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold,[a] all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don’t stretch out your hand.”

So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh. 13 It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

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Footnotes

  1. 1:12 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

11 But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has,(A) and he will surely curse you to your face.”(B)

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

Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

13 One day when Job’s sons and daughters(E) were feasting(F) and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house,

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