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11 However, stretch out your hand and strike everything he owns, and he will curse you to your face.”

12 Then the Lord told Satan, “Very well then, everything he owns is under your control,[a] only you may not extend your hand against him.” So Satan left the Lord’s presence.

13 Some time later, when his children[b] were celebrating[c] in their oldest[d] brother’s house,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:12 Lit. hand
  2. Job 1:13 Lit. his sons and daughters
  3. Job 1:13 Lit. were eating and drinking wine
  4. Job 1:13 Lit. their firstborn

11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

12 And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

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